New York Yankees

By lennyneslin The Yankees are planning to go to spring training with Phil Hughes andJoba Chamberlain being programmed to start. “They can always go from starting to the bullpen, but it’s tough going the other way,” says Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.

The Yankees would most likely have to deal either Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, along with Austin Jackson and/or Jesus Montero. Brian Cashman has been reluctant to deal his blue-chip prospects in recent years, but Halladay may be too good to pass up.

By Vince Mercandetti As I said, Alfredo Aceves, Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, Phil Coke, Damaso Marte, Mariano Rivera, Dave Robertson, Mark Teixeira, Robbie Cano, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Nick Swisher, AJ Burnett and CC Sabathia are guaranteed to play a role on the 2010 roster. That's 15...

By Adam Bernacchio New York Mets: Right now, the Mets' rotation is Johan Santana and a bunch of question marks. The Mets can afford Arroyo’s contract and he would give the Mets a solid No. 2 or 3 starter going into 2010. New York Yankees: If the Yankees don’t feel Phil Hughes is ready to start and Andy Pettitte decid...

By Vince Mercandetti The Yankees will sign John Lackey. While I think it's true the Yankees need a proven starter in their rotation (I don't want to trust both Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain to make up 40% of the rotation) I don't think they need someone the caliber of John Lackey. The Yankees will sign Randy Wolf.

By Sam Borden Even with that, the Yankees had a chance to book a spot in the World Series but Phil Hughes couldn’t hold a two-run lead. When Joe Girardi was asked if he was concerned about Hughes, he said, “He’s still making pitches. … He missed his spot (to Guerrero). This is the time of year that everything ge...

By noreply@blogger.com (Drew Sarver) Derek Jeter Johnny Damon Mark Teixeira Alex Rodriguez Jorge Posada Hideki Matsui Robinson Cano Nick Swisher Melky Cabrera Brett Gardner Jose Molina Freddy Guzman* Pitchers (11) CC Sabathia A.J. Burnett Andy Pettitte Mariano Rivera Phil Hughes Damaso Marte Phil Coke Joba Chamberlain

By Vince Mercandetti A healthy Damaso Marte and Phil Coke should guide the left side while a healthy and rested Alfredo Aceves, Dave Robertson, Mariano Rivera and Phil Hughes will lead righty relievers. Where names like Bruney and Chamberlain factor in is yet to be decided, but I'll take the best reliever of th...

By Peter Abraham It was fun to solicit your questions for players like Derek Jeter, CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, Phil Hughes and Jason Giambi. But when it came to Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, it was more of a privilege. More than 500 readers of the LoHud Yankees Blog and The Journal News sent in questions and nearl...

By Peter Abraham YANKEES (29-20) Jeter SS Damon LF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Cano 2B Matsui DH Swisher RF Gardner RF Cervelli C Pitching: RHP Phil Hughes (3-2, 5.16). INDIANS (21-30) Cabrera SS Francisco LF Peralta 3B Choo RF DeRosa DH Garko 1B Shoppach C Valbuena 2B Crowe CF Pitching: RHP Carl Pavano (4-4, 6.1...

By noreply@blogger.com (Drew Sarver) In the on-going debate on how Joba Chamberlain should be used, Phil Hughes' name is the one consistently brought up should the Yankees need a sixth starter. It so happened that Hughes made his season debut at Scranton on the same day Chamberlain made his first start of the year for the Yankee...

TAMPA, Fla. - Phil Hughes, who started last season as the Yankees' No. 4 starter, was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre yesterday. The move was expected, and he can take solace from the fact that he didn't do anything to hurt his standing as the No. 6 starter (i.e. the first guy to get cal...

TAMPA, Fla. - Phil Hughes, who started last season as the Yankees' No. 4 starter, was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre yesterday. The move was expected, and Hughes can take solace from the fact that he didn't do anything to hurt his standing as the Yankees' No. 6 starter (i.e. the firs...

TAMPA, Fla. - Phil Hughes, who started last season as the Yankees' No. 4 starter, was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre yesterday. The move was expected, and he can take solace from the fact that he didn't do anything to hurt his standing as the No. 6 starter (i.e. the first guy to get cal...

By Peter Abraham Like Derek Jeter, Brian Cashman, Mariano Rivera, Jason Giambi and Phil Hughes in previous years, Joba Chamberlain was gracious enough to answer questions submitted by readers of this blog. There were nearly 500 questions e-mailed in. I told Joba I would narrow it down to 10, but I managed t...

By Peter Abraham “We’re going to show a lot of love,” he said. “We’re going to need to have somebody to love us back. If somebody loves is back, we’re going to have a deal.” Here’s Brian Cashman’s media session today. He talked about Phil Hughes, Andy Pettitte and other subjects: Cashman said he hopes to cut a deal...

By Peter Abraham Spent a little time here at the St. Regis asking the Yankees how they view Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy these days. “He’s had a lot of things happen physically,” Brian Cashman said. “You have to hope that he gets past all that and then, bang, he pops up and he’s that pitcher we all believe he can be.”

By Vince Mercandetti Regression should be the 2008 team slogan. Only Mike Mussina and Johnny Damon exceeded expectations for a long period of time. Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Wilson Betemit, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy and Shelley Duncan-these are...