[新聞] Yankees to start Hughes Thursday

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04/23/2007 8:00 PM ET

Yankees to start Hughes Thursday
 - Top prospect given chance in Majors with rotation decimated

By Dawn Klemish / MLB.com


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- After a dominant 2006 season in the Minor Leagues,
top Yankees prospect Phil Hughes was expecting his call to join the Yankees.
Eventually.

The 20-year-old was probably fairly surprised to have his phone ring on
Monday with a message that he'd be starting in pinstripes on Thursday night
at 7:05 ET against the Toronto Blue Jays.

"It's a necessity for us, but they don't think it's the wrong time for him,"
Yankees manager Joe Torre said of the decision to promote Hughes, who has
posted a 2-1 record and a 3.94 ERA in three starts at Triple-A
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this year. "We certainly had visions of him coming up
later on, but we also preface that with, 'If everybody stays healthy,' and
that hasn't been the case."

The Yankees' rotation has taken some blows early on this season, with Mike
Mussina on the disabled list with a sore hamstring, Carl Pavano watching from
the dugout with tightness in his right forearm and Chien-Ming Wang out with a
strained hamstring. Torre said he wasn't sure what would happen with Hughes,
or how long the youngster would stay up, but he said the team would take it
"a start at a time."

Hughes fanned 10 last Wednesday, but Torre was more impressed with how the
right-hander was able to fight through rough patches.

"The only thing I told him in Spring Training was, 'Just keep doing what
you're doing,'" Torre said. "'Experience is the only thing you need. Bad
things are going to happen; the true test is getting through those things.'"

Taken in the first round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft, Hughes was the
only Minor League pitcher recommended to Torre by his advisory staff.

Across 26 starts at Class A Tampa and Double-A Trenton last season, Hughes
went 12-6 with a 2.16 ERA, striking out 168 batters and walking 34 in 146
innings.


http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070423&content_id=1926138&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy


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推 poorguy:喔喔 終於要上來試試了嗎
推 hahadog:這也是沒辦法的事...
推 heacoun:這不是好事...
推 JohnyDamon:請不要傷害他幼小的心靈　謝謝！！
推 decorum:Torre is desperate.
推 sgssgs:他第一次春訓驚慌失措，我不相信才一個月他就準備好了
推 jom217:對呀~~當時超慘的~~~現在竟然又要CALL上來
推 jsoccer:........不會吧.......
→ jsoccer:四月就要用到他是怎樣，RUSH到怎麼辦啦
推 asdfzx:火箭 快答應吧~
推 kelven0813:可是我怎麼在官網上面看禮拜四是Karstens先發=  =??
推 Alexboo:Go Hughes!
推 grass143:希望Hughes堅強一點，萬一真的不小心被打爆也不要在意
推 devilsky:每個進小聯盟的人 都應該要有突然被叫上去的心理準備吧