Sunday, April 26, 2009
Newsday: A more effective Hughes is headed back to Yankees
BOSTON - Phil Hughes is on his way back into the Yankees’ rotation.
Hughes, 22, is the likely replacement for Chien-Ming Wang, who was placed on the disabled list with hip weakness after Friday’s game.
“Hughesie’s been throwing the ball really well,” manager Joe Girardi said. “I’m excited about the reports on his starts.”
Hughes has been lights-out for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA in three starts. He has struck out 19 and walked three in 191/3 innings and last pitched Wednesday.
A new thread was desperately needed. As is decent pitching.
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