Yanks’ Hughes Progresses, Pavano Steps Back
August 13th, 2008 7:59 PM
The Yankees are a team with three outfielders who are paid about $15 million each and yet they still feature a starting rotation filled with scrubs like Darrell Rasner, Sidney Ponson, and Dan Giese.
That rotation will have to change if the Yankees have any real shot at catching the Boston Red Sox for the AL Wild Card this season. By the way they are five and a half back.
That rotation will change when Phil Hughes and Carl Pavano come off the DL. The problem the Yankees have now are a couple of huge question marks, will either return in time to make a difference? And will they be effective once they actually do return?
Last night Hughes pitched in triple-A Scranton and shed light on those questions with an impressive performance, but Pavano’s sub-par performance makes you think he may never pitch in the Pinstripes again.
Hughes’ start for Scranton was exactly what he needed, he started last night …