11.   Cone can find some redemption if he helps in middle relief.

12.   Dennis Cook and Gil Heredia would handle middle relief.

13.   Finally, a Yankees starter circumvented their middle relief and handed a lead to their end game, the automatic Mariano Rivera.

14.   For now, Beck will join his replacement, Rick Aguilera, in pitching middle relief.

15.   For now, he is content pitching middle relief and setup and being one of the scariest weapons in baseball.

16.   He has also started and pitched in middle relief, making him a candidate to do all of the above for the Yankees, General Manager Bob Watson said.

17.   He pitched mostly middle relief, sometimes finishing games but usually getting days off between appearances and a strict pitch count.

18.   He can pitch middle relief or be a set-up guy.

19.   He was shifted to middle relief, traded to Houston and pitched decently.