"New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi has officially bounced Javier Vazquez from the rotation.

Before Wednesday's Yankees-Rays game, Girardi announced Vazquez would pitch out of the bullpen for the foreseeable future. After CC Sabathia, the returning Andy Pettitte, A.J. Burnett, Phil Hughes and rookie Ivan Nova will fill out the Yankees rotation.

A year ago, Vazquez was finishing up a season in which he finished fourth in the National League Cy Young voting. On Wednesday, he was told he was out of the rotation, something he expected. "