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Phil Hughes Pitching for New York Yankees Tonight »
Via Bryan Hoch: "The Yankees have made a change for tonight against the Red Sox, scrapping their plan to pitch Dustin Moseley and putting Phil Hughes back into the rotation for the final home game of the regular season. "At first glance, you have to wonder if this is a knee-jerk reaction to the Yankees losing the first two games this weekend to [...]
New York Yankees Down But Not Out After Latest Loss »
Ivan Nova had a tough time at it in the Bronx tonight as the Red Sox lit him up for four runs which was more than enough for Jon Lester who shut the Yankees out over seven innings in an eventual 7-3 Yankee loss. Here are some highlights: Nova pitched well as long as runners were not on base, but struggled mightily with men on allowing three runs [...]
New York Yankees Drop to Second Place as Six Homers »
The Red Sox jumped out to a quick 10-1 lead by the fifth inning, but the Yankees managed to come all the way back to the point where they put the tying run at the plate in the ninth inning, only to see Robinson Cano strikeout to end the game 10-8. Here are some highlights: The Yankees hit six home runs combined. Alex Rodriguez and Mark [...]
New York Yankees: Phil Hughes Skipped Again »
Via Chad Jennings: To further limit his innings, Phil Hughes will take his next start on Wednesday. Dustin Moseley will start for the Yankees on Sunday. Joe Girardi said there might be more changes coming as the Yankees setup their playoff rotation. This change, though, Girardi said is strictly for Hughes’ workload. Girardi said he [...]
New York Yankees Notes: Ring, Brackman, Marte, D-Rob, »
The big series in the standings may be the Yankees vs. the Rays, but judging by the ticket prices on StubHub, the one the fans care about is Yankees vs. Red Sox and we have a good one tonight as Andy Pettitte goes up against Josh Beckett. Here are some notes: The Yankees have begun making plans for the postseason, and those include plans for [...]
CC Sabathia Hurts His Cy Young Chances in New York »
The CC Sabathia vs. Felix Hernandez debate may have ended last night as Sabathia dropped a big game to the Rays, allowing seven runs over just 5.1 innings. The Yankees eventually lost 10-3 at home. Some highlights: Sabathia was doing well enough through 5 innings. At one point he struck out 3 batters in a row looking. It all fell apart in the [...]
NY Yankees: Nova, Vazquez, Gaudin, Mitre, Moseley »
Via Jack Curry's Twitter: Yanks expect 11 pitchers for DS. CC, AJ, Andy, Phil, Mo, Wood, Joba, Logan, Rbrtsn r locks. Nova, Vazquez, Gaudin, Mitre fight 4 2 spots. He forgot to mention Dustin Moseley, but I assume if he blew the Yankees away over the next two weeks he could easily beat out some of these players. I’m also going to throw [...]
Kevin Long Appreciation: The Lance Berkman Edition »
At age 34, Lance Berkman has started to feel his age this season as he has dealt with a few nagging injuries that have dragged his numbers down. His season in Houston was up and down and the first two weeks in the Bronx were just ugly. Berkman went on the DL in the middle of August, and before he came off the DL he started working with Yankees [...]
New York Yankees: Rain and Rays Stop Yankees, Lead »
The rain knocked A.J. Burnett out of the game and the Yankees B-squad bullpen let them down as they lost at home 7-2 to the Tampa Bay Rays to drop to just 1.5 games up in first place. Here are some highlights: Because of the rain, Burnett pitched just three innings and allowed only one run and got credit for the loss. The Yankees were fortunate [...]
Analyzing Phil Hughes’ Changeup »
This past spring the Yankees held a competition for their fifth starter spot that included pitchers Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain, among others. Hughes won the job. He was pushed ahead of Joba even though Joba could finally pitch in 2010 without the infamous Joba Rules. The reasoning was because of the development of his changeup. In 2009, [...]