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Seattle Mariners 12 — New York Yankees 2 Yankees can’t recover from Hughes’ collapse in tonight’s 12-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Phil Hughes could not get anything going in tonight’s start. The big blow against Hughes came from former Yankee Raul Ibanez. Already down by two, Ibanez would put the Mariners ahead by [...]
New York Yankees 11 – Kansas City Royals 6 Lyle Overbay drove in five in tonight’s 11-6 win over the Kansas City Royals. This is Joe Girardi’s 500th career win as Yankees manager. The Yankees struck quickly against Royals starter Wade Davis. In the second inning, Travis Hafner led off with a walk. [...]
For the first time this season, the player of the week honors will be shared between two Yankee hurlers, Phil Hughes (Player of the week from April 22-28) and Hiroki Kuroda (1st time honor). In a week where the Yankees played .500 baseball (3-3), the team was bolstered by two incredible outings from an aging veteran, [...]
Oakland Athletics 2 – New York Yankees 4 Phil Hughes put together his best start this season in today’s 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Phil Hughes started today’s game and was outstanding. Defense helped him right from the beginning. The first batter, John Jaso, almost went deep like Rosales yesterday but Ichiro [...]
The month of April is a weird month. Players can either come out firing and have the backing of fans through the early-going or they can stumble for the first few weeks and critics come out in droves trying to dissect their every move. (Heck, I even did it to Ichiro in an article last [...]
The Yankees player of the week for the fourth week of the season goes to Phil Hughes. In a week where the Yankees bats were fairly quiet, Hughes stepped it up. Unfortunately, Hughes was not able to pick up a win this past week as he pitched two no-decision games; but his dominance showed as he [...]
Toronto Blue Jays 2 — New York Yankees 3 Yankees complete the sweep on a former Blue Jays’ impact in today’s 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Phil Hughes started today’s game and came out with an outstanding slider. He started the first inning with a strikeout and struck out slugger Jose [...]
New York Yankees 4 — Tampa Bay Rays 3 With the game tied, Ichiro Suzuki came through in tonight’s 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Phil Hughes started tonight’s game and the first inning almost felt as if it was a sign of bad things to come. It all started with a [...]
The Yankees own an all-time record of 71-58 at Tropicana Field. However, they’ve experienced some trouble at the place the Rays call home in recent memory, according to ESPN Stats and Info. More specifically, ace CC Sabathia has struggled against the Rays and most notably at the Trop. The Yankees are 6-12 in Sabathia’s last [...]
For a team that most people were ready to write off before the season started, the Yankees had a strong third week of the season. The teams record for the week was a respectable 4-2, winning two of three games against both the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Toronto Blue Jays. The player of the week [...]
Arizona Diamondbacks 6 — New York Yankees 2 (12 Innings) A mess of a 12th inning ends the three-game winning streak in tonight’s 6-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Phil Hughes started the game for the Yankees tonight and had a smooth start until the third inning. Rookie shortstop Didi Gregorious made his [...]
Baltimore Orioles 5 — New York Yankees 3 A familiar flaw in Phil Hughes’ game came back in today’s 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. In 2012, Phil Hughes had 32 starts and gave up 35 home runs. In this season, Hughes didn’t give up any home runs in his first start but [...]
New York Yankees 4 — Detroit Tigers 8 Yankees were out-hit in today’s 8-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Phil Hughes was brought in to make his first start of the regular season. An error by Eduardo Nunez’s replacement, Jayson Nix, opened the game, a tell-tale sign of bad things to come. Former [...]
Phil Hughes will return earlier than expected, as he will board a plane soon and head to Detroit according to Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York. Hughes was in line to return on April 11 at Cleveland, but instead will start tomorrow. Hughes last pitched in extended Spring Training on Monday, going seven innings, and said he [...]
Phil Hughes is inching towards rejoining the big league team, as he will make a rehab start with Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, according to a story written by Yanks beat writer Bryan Hoch. Hughes, who was sidelined for most of spring training with bulging discs in his back, pitched seven innings in an extended [...]
The rotation battle between Ivan Nova and David Phelps that has been going on all Spring Training appears to have taken care of itself, as both guys will break camp in the rotation. Phil Hughes will start the season on the DL, according to the New York Post’s Joel Sherman. Hughes has missed a lot [...]
The 2013 season is not off to a promising start for Phil Hughes. The big righty who is looking to have a breakout season in his contract-year is sidelined with a bulging disk in his upper back. Shutdown for a week, Hughes has not gotten back into a throwing program like he thought he would. [...]
The sarcastic answer is, no, the Yankees are already ‘old.’ As their roster is constructed now, they rank as the third oldest team in the league with an average age of 28.3, and have the oldest player in Baseball—congratulations Mariano. But is this the year age finally affects the team enough to bounce them from [...]
According to Andy McCullough of The Star Ledger via twitter, Phil Hughes will be shutdown for almost a week due to a bulging disc. The Yankees hope he will be able to throw within two weeks. Hughes experienced stiffness in his upper back toward his shoulder blade, and underwent an MRI. Today at media day at [...]
If one thing can be said about Ivan Nova over his brief career already, it’s that he is very confident. Confidence in sports is just as important as physical ability. It all starts with the belief that anything is possible – the talent will take care of the rest. Especially for a young starting pitcher [...]