He's back.
Well not quite. Hughes pitched two innings of no hit ball for Tampa, the Yankees A ball affiliate, walking two and allowing one unearned run. More importantly, it was his first appearance pitching against competition since he strained his hamstring against the Texas Rangers while working on a no-hitter. That, compounded by an ankle injury during rehab set back Hughes so far that some speculated that he would be shelved for the entire season and if anything would make a late season return. Now, he is on pace for a start sometime in late July, possibly the 27th against the Orioles in the game that was scheduled (not the rain shortened game that will be finished of course) or the 28th also against the Orioles.
Meanwhile, the rehab starts continue. Hughes is scheduled to start for the Thunder on Friday, July 13th and Wednesday, July 18th at Waterfront Park in Trenton. He looks to make one more rehab start, for Scranton-Wilkes Barre, and then make his return to the Yankees, barring any setbacks. This comes at a very good time for the Yankees. At this time in the season they are coming to the point where a decision needs to be made on Kei Igawa, who has struggled again since being called up after working with Yankees pitching guru Nardi Contreras in the minors. They really cannot afford to stomach anymore losses from Igawa, who hasn't won a start since his six inning bullpen outing relieving Jeff Karstens who broke his leg against the Red Sox on April 28th. He hasn't won a game as a starter since April 18th at the Stadium against the Indians. Expect Hughes to replace Igawa in the rotation when he returns, and a Igawa demotion to Scranton or a move to the bullpen.
3 comments:
Phil Hughes is just what we need. As the trade deadline approaches what better pitcher can we add than Phil? We do not even have to worry about overworking him now, he can go every 5th day and be a much better contributor to make a run for the playoffs than Igawa.\
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