Mar 21, 2007 8:54 PM EST

Jon Lieber is going to the bullpen, ending weeks of speculation, because the Phillies have six starters.

"I'm disappointed," Lieber said Wednesday. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. I think I can still start." A former 20-game winner with the Cubs and the opening-day starter in each of his two seasons in Philadelphia, Lieber became the odd man out when the Phillies re-signed Jamie Moyer, signed free agent Adam Eaton and acquired Freddy Garcia.

Via AP