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Spring Training: Phil Hughes Making His Case for Yankees’ Starting Rotation

aside from a two-run shot against him in the second inning, Phil Hughes looked pretty impressive today. He had the breaking ball working, the velocity was pretty good and he put in five quality innings of work today against Tampa Bay. 

As things stand today, you have to imagine Hughes has the fourth or fifth spot in the rotation. After that, Freddy Garcia has probably ‘earned’ a spot as well, but it’s more likely Michael Pineda will get it. The reason I say this is because of what Pineda did last year with the Seattle Mariners, and the Yankees don’t want to run into another situation like they did with Joba Chamberlain, where he is bounced back and forth, and ultimately hurting his development. The same reason we will ...

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