Minor League Moves Sign of Something More?

From PA at the LoHud Blog:

Two interesting minor-league moves this week. J.B. Cox was promoted to AAA Scranton and Mark Melancon has been assigned to AA Trenton. Confirmed the moves with Brian Cashman today.

I haven’t had a chance to ask Cashman about this yet, and I’m not sure he would answer the question, but this is probably one of the steps in the Make Joba A Starter Plan. For the M.J.A.S.P. to work, they need some guys who can move into the bullpen. Cox and Melancon are high on that list.

Mark Melancon has some nasty stuff and he’d be a great replacement if Joba is moved to the rotation. The bullpen has been pitching well this year, so the desire to switch Joba seems even greater thanks to that success. If Farnsworth has finally turned the corner (it only took him a few years and a new pitch), he could have taken over in the 8th inning, but obviously, if these moves are precursors to a Joba role switch, then I guess Brian Cashman doesn’t have that much faith in the guy’s revamped performance, or they’re just precautionary measures for when Farnsworth takes over the role and blows it big time.