Update - Benitez traded to Yankees

It became official last night. Armando Benitez was traded by the Mets to the Yankees in exchange for right-handed pitchers Jason Anderson, Anderson Garcia and Ryan Bicondoa.

It has been confirmed by Yankee management that Benitez will indeed be the set up man for Mariano Rivera, pitching the eighth inning of games before turning things over to the closer.

Like I said yesterday, an intriguing project, but not when Boston and Toronto are breathing down the Yankees’s necks. Let’s hope Mel Stottlemyre can work some magic, and do so quickly.