On Hughes, hey, it’s just my opinion, based on feel that’s a result of watching and reading about baseball since 1973. Could I be wrong? Sure. It’s happened before. And, if I am wrong, I will admit it – and take my lumps. But, for now, I still feel strongly about this.

How about ya’ll? If it turns out that my gut is correct on Hughes, will you all then come back and kiss my behind in an appropriate fashion?

I think Hughes has too much MLB service time to qualify for the AFL, no?
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Could be, I don’t know if they go by days on a roster or innings pitched. Either way, it seems that he may not be eligible.

Two interesting pieces of news today:

With Victor Martinez on the shelf after elbow surgery, the Times believes that Sabathia will be made available and that the Yanks will be very interested.

Hughes is still two weeks from starting a throwing program and therefore looking at mid to late August before he’d be ready. I thought it was strange when I read one report that said he’d been cleared to start throwing in two weeks. That’s not a typical medical call – either he’s ready now, or he isn’t. If he isn’t, you say he should be ready in two weeks, pending another MRI. I’ve never seen a team give clearance to throw two weeks later without knowing that what is keeping him from throwing today is actually fully healed.

How many other players, with the big league career totals that Hughes has posted to date, have huge deals with Steiner Sports…
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A good person, a better person than Phil Hughes, would’ve known to turn down a memorabilia sponsorship contract because of the message it would send. But bad, bad, bratty Hughes signed the deal anyway. Oh jeez. You’re picking on him because a business thought his name was marketable and offered him a contract to hawk their products?

I’d love to see the Yanks pick up C.C., but you know, 28 y/o, left handed Cy Young winners are a dime a dozen, so we’ll just pick up the next one that is on the market.

If Hughes is pitching well in his rehab, and there isn’t a starting spot for him, why not pitch him out of the pen, but that also might be determined by where they are in the race.

Mr. Breakable, Phil Hughes.

Funny how almost everything became about C.C. instead of what to do with Hughes if he is on a short innings limit. Should he be a long man or stay in AAA?

I would say the probability of the Yankees asking Hughes to pitch in winter ball is around 50% and the probability of Hughes accepting the request is around 30%.

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And Steve hits an even higher level of arrogance in my opinion. You know Hughes so well as a human, it must be true if you write it.

What’s your “probability” that your anti-Hughes blinders had something to do with your calculation?

It’s more becoming of you when you’re blaming Cashman for everything.

Neither. At $120-130+ million, neither is worth the investment 6-8 years down the line.
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Exactly. I don’t want either at that price.
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The question wasn’t what whether you are willing to pay the money…the question is who would you RATHER have for the next 6 to 8 years, Sabathia or Santana?

It is purely a baseball related question, I’m not saying the Yankees should have or should go after either one.

If you HAD to pick one who would you pick and since you want to say neither than after you pick one of those then I would like to know who you would like to trot out there every 5 days?

~~And as far as the velocity issue goes, I had no idea that you had to throw 97+ to be a good relief pitcher. Isn’t it just about getting outs, whichever way you can get them?~~

Fine, forget the MPH comment – ignore it. Just as everyone else seems to want to ignore that 1st IP of work OBA allowed of .372 too.