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The New York Yankees infatuation with Phil Hughes

Found March 29, 2012 on Lady Loves Pinstripes: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Phil Hughes,  CC Sabathia,  Hiroki Kuroda,  Ivan Nova,  Freddy Garcia,  Michael Pineda,  Brian Cashman
TEAMS: New York Yankees,  Baltimore Orioles
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Two days ago, Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News claimed that New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes has captured a spot in the rotation and I have pondered over this ever since. Phil Hughes pitching on April 18, 2008 against the Baltimore Orioles (Photo credit: Wikipedia) At the start of Spring Training the impression was that CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda were the only two with confirmed spots in the starting rotation and the rest were up for grabs between Ivan Nova, Phil Hughes, Freddy Garcia and Michael Pineda. Right from the start it felt like a rigged competition. It just seemed that the Yankees were determined to give Phil Hughes a starting spot as long as he pitched somewhat decently. GM Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi cannot seem to shake the 18 games he won in 2010, which I could understand more if 14 of Hughes wins were not in games when the bats scored 6+ runs. And he only pitched a total of 176 innings and that is very low for a pitcher who made 31 starts and went 18...
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