Well, that happened. On the one hand, the tired Yankee bats exploded for 17 runs, with Mark Teixeira‘s grand slam serving as the highlight. On the other hand, Phil Hughes sucked. Franchise allowed seven runs and nine hits in just 4.1 innings of work. At this rate, the Yankees are having second thoughts about trading Ivan Nova.
There’s no way to sugar coat Hughes’ performance. Allowing seven runs to any team — never mind the offensively challenged A’s — is bad. The only reason the Yankees won is because they lit Trevor Cahill up to the tune of ten runs in two plus innings of work. Rich Harden takes on A.J. Burnett in today’s game, which could turn into another blow out quickly.
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You can’t have any confidence in Phil Hughes for October.
You can’t have any confidence in Bartolo Colon’s arm holding up all year.
You can’t have any confidence in Freddy Garcia in a playoff game facing a good lineup.
You can’t have any confidence in AJ Burnett, period.
The Yanks need a pitcher.
trade AJ to the NL, bring nova back up..AJ will never ever beat boston in the playoffs , we got him to beat boston.. we need , a must, a lefty reliever to face sox and texas.. without a second guy first round and out..no minny to face in the first round this year..wait we signed thames and mitre,, all is well ..
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