Phil Hughes Out Until July with Rib Injury
The Yankees placed golden boy Phil Hughes on the 15-day disabled list, after x-rays displayed a stress fracture in his rib, which will keep him out of the rotation until July at the earliest.
Hughes, 21, was 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA and a 2.14 WHIP in six starts so far this season. He was 5-3 with a 4.46 ERA in an injury plagued 2007.
The injury to Hughes merely adds to the Yankees’ list of injury woes with newly contracted Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada as well as reliever Brian Bruney on the DL.
And, in case anyone would dare doubt Brian Cashman’s wisdom in withholding Hughes from a deal that would have netted the Yankees Johan Santana, the two-time Cy Young winner is off to a slow start as well. Santana is only 3-2 with a 3.12 ERA, a 0.92 WHIP, a 39-8 K-BB ratio, and a BAA of .196.
The Mets are hoping he can get it together with the warm weather.
