The hottest topic in Yankee Universe at the moment is who should win the fifth spot in the starting pitching rotation between Phil Hughes, AJ Burnett and Freddy Garcia. So, over the last week I have read and heard many opinions on the topic from bloggers to analysts to the manager at my local Starbucks. [...]
No wonder everyone wants to be a New York Yankee, as who wouldn’t want a boss that hands out half-million dollar raises based on poor performance due to laziness? You can be sure Phil Hughes isn’t complaining. Last season, Hughes showed up to Spring Training out of shape, and sat on the DL with shoulder [...]
All I thought was, what the heck were the New York Yankees thinking when ESPN New York reported that Phil Hughesgot a one-year deal, for $3.2 million, plus another quarter million in incentives just to avoid going to salary arbitration with him? I mean honestly, how much more money could an arbitrator really give Hughes? In Hughes’ first three starts in [...]
The seemingly endless discussion of Joba vs. Phil is heating up again. Last season this was a mess and solved nothing. Hughes toss to the bullpen happen to look genius, when it was the only way to keep him on the roaster. Joba’s restrictions (aka ‘joba rules’) limited the lad from learning to compete because [...]
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