John Harper is the latest to bring up Joba back to the pen again, this time, because Phil Hughes might be ready to start in the majors. Why not move Phil to the pen, instead? Given that the Yankees seem to need a long man once everytime through the rotation, so why not give Hughes that job? That way, he can work his way into the majors, spot start for injuries, and if Bruney can’t pitch for a while, he can be a two-inning setup man.
Of course, this all may be moot if Wang can’t get his sinker back. In that case, they’ll need Hughes to take Chien-Ming’s place in the rotation.
Posted by David Pinto at 8:28 am | Pitchers | Permalink | 3 Comments
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April 28th, 2009 @ 9:54 am
The Yankees want Hughes to build up his innings count (to 150 innings or so) and to be starting every 5 days. So I don’t think they’d be happy with that. But the Yankees are not going to move Joba back to the pen unless it’s obvious him starting is going to fail.
April 28th, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
[...] Dave Pinto brought up an interesting point when discussing John Harper’s article (more on that later) about Hughes allowing Joba to move back to the bullpen: John Harper is the latest to bring up Joba back to the pen again, this time, because Phil Hughes might be ready to start in the majors. Why not move Phil to the pen, instead? Given that the Yankees seem to need a long man once everytime through the rotation, so why not give Hughes that job? That way, he can work his way into the majors, spot start for injuries, and if Bruney can’t pitch for a while, he can be a two-inning setup man. [...]
April 29th, 2009 @ 9:30 am
[...] Pinto, riffing off a John Harper column that won’t get any RAB-endorsed traffic, suggests putting Phil Hughes in the bullpen. He writes: Harper is the latest to bring up Joba back to the pen again, this time, because Phil [...]