- Phil Hughes continued his impressive spring today by going 6 .0 innings, giving up two runs and six hits. During the minor league game he was sitting 91-92 mph with his fastball and topped out at 94. His curveball and changeup looked impressive as he struck out 4 through the day. Almost two weeks ago I posted about Freddy Garcia‘s injury and Phil Hughes’ strong spring narrowing down the pitching competition, and Mark Feinsand has a source that says Phil Hughes has “all but wrapped up a spot in the rotation.”
- Gabe Lezra at It’s About the Money wants you to stop analyzing Michael Pineda‘s velocity problems as if he’s Phil Hughes. The reason this is such a big issue comes from Hughes’ problems last year, but Pineda has been successful despite the drop. I won’t worry until April 6th.
- Brandon C at Pinstripe Alley thinks Raul Ibanez, despite an awful spring (but hey he hit a homerun this weekend), will make the opening day roster. With all the money invested in Ibanez, the front office might as well give him a few weeks of real baseball before they decide to cut him.
- Two interviews with Yankees, one from The Greedy Pinstripes who’s got a “twitterview” with 18th round prospect Hayden Sharp. Then we have Jeff Bradley of Star-Ledger who scored an interview with Dellin Betances. Apparently he’s a bleacher creature, though I’ve never seen him there.
- Mike Axisa has his take on Joba Chamberlain‘s interesting and rough career path thus far.
- And today’s workouts, which includes Ravel Santana‘s spring debut back from his ankle injury, and an update on the Phillies’ interest in Ramiro Pena.
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