Following his last disastrous start, New York Yankees pitcher Freddy Garciahad another horrendous outing; as he gave up six earned runs in less than two innings to the Detroit Tigers, who eventually won the second game of this three game set, 7-5. Once again skipper Joe Girardi had to go to the bullpen in the [...]
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New York Yankees: 2 possibilities to fix Hughes issue
With the news that prize acquisition Michael Pineda might never see the lights in Yankee Stadium from the pitcher’s mound, at least not this season, does leave the team in a bit of a pickle. Less than a week ago, Pineda was still going to play a big part in the 2012 season. Personally knowing [...]
New York Yankees fate hangs on Phil Hughes tonight
Hiroki Kuroda had a solid night on the mound, as he limited the Rangers to just two earned runs but unfortunately the Yankees bats got shut out by his opponent Yu Darvish. I called this outcome yesterday, as the Yankees line-up has a history of struggling when facing a pitcher for the first time but to his [...]
New York Yankees: Saving Phil Hughes
The New York Yankees did what they needed to do, win the game and avoid losing a home series to the Minnesota Twins for the first time since 2001. Phil Hughes was not totally useless on the mound but he was far from good. You wouldn’t know it listening to the YES commentating, as it [...]
Can Yankees Phil Hughes not tank tonight?
LAST GAME vs. TWINS: The New York Yankees are down 1-2 games to the Minnesota Twins, so at best they can split the four-game set but that entails winning the game tonight. Winning is something the Yankees know how to do, and especially against the Twins, but other than CC Sabathia the starting pitching has [...]
Yankees are out of Phil Hughes excuses
New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes made his second start yesterday afternoon against Los Angeles Angels, and ex-Ranger CJ Wilson. And Hughes preformed exactly how I thought he would, terribly. I have received endless criticism from LLP readers about my harsh stance on Hughes not having the stuff to be a starter; and that his [...]
