From Newsday.com:

"We'll probably have him proceed and prepare as a starter, because you can always go the other way, slide him down and reduce his workload. But it's hard to go the other way," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said yesterday as the general managers' meetings concluded. "But that's for another day."

Cashman soon will deliver these likely instructions to Proctor, as the righthander has to work out according to the Yankees' directives.

Sounds like a good idea. Not to start him in the rotation, necessary, but just to prepare him for it. Keeping options open isn't a bad thing. I'm sure some people would rather see Proctor make the rotation, than us give Barry Zito a huge, long term deal.

Via Pro Sports Daily.