Phil Hughes

Sports have a lot in common with music. First off, it’s easy to get over-invested. You love a band? Suddenly, you’re seeing three of their shows in a row, driving up and down the state and maybe into (shudder) Massachusetts. You might be listenin...

The New York Yankees are finished with most of the heavy lifting regarding their 2012 roster.  However, there are still a few questions surrounding the club as they prepare for Spring Training.  The most prominent unknowns have to do with the back-...

Following Larry’s examination of the best pitches in the Yankees’ rotation, we received an email from a reader who asked an excellent question. I was wondering if you guys could do some kind of guide to what pitches each of our pitchers t...

To say A.J. Burnett has been a disappointment would be considered an understatement, especially by those Yankees fans that have had to watch him for the past three seasons.  Still, New York’s general manager Brian Cashman is “comfortable” with...

Inspired by the excellent Red Sox blog Over the Monster, today I’m going to take a look at which Yankees starting pitchers throws the “best” pitch among each pitch category. As there are a variety of factors involved in determining...

Via Andrew Marchand, the Yankees have sent personnel to California to check in on Phil Hughes during his offseason workouts this winter, and reports say he looks “great.” Hughes is working out at the Athletes Performance Institute near hi...

Over the last two weeks, the hottest topic that has everyone from baseball fans, bloggers and expert analysts talking about is what the heck are the New York Yankees going to do about their now over-crowded pitching rotation, and more specifically...

The hottest topic in Yankee Universe at the moment is who should win the fifth spot in the starting pitching rotation between Phil Hughes, AJ Burnett and Freddy Garcia. So, over the last week I have read and heard many opinions on the topic from blog...

New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman took the words “Pitching is a priority,” right out of ex-Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks mouth this off-season. Cashman has left skipper Joe Girardi and Co. with a tough decision to make come Spring Training, as se...

We’ve been getting DH-related mailbag questions pretty much non-stop all week, so Joe and I already answered a bunch of them: Domonic Brown, Jayson Heyward, David Wright, Ross Gload, Kyle Blanks, Jim Thome, and Kosuke Fukudome. Remember to use...