Kennedy is grossly overrated--his velocity is too low for a rookie, and his control is normally good, not great (except right now it kinda sucks.)
Kennedy is the prototypical AAAA career pitcher. He'll have an MLB career, barring injury, but I'll be surprised if he isn't traded away from the Yankees. With a payroll over $200 million, Steinbrenner and Cashman can do better.
i wonder how long joe girardi can walk the fine line between alcohol and drug abuse and working for fredo steinbrenner?
i know id have a side arm in the dugout just in case.
First rib? Yeah, OK. That happens on occasion. But pitching a baseball doesn't usually create a stress fracture of the ninth rib.
Two possibilities:
1) Hughes's motion is really, really messed up somehow, or he let himself get badly out of shape this winter. Most stress fractures for baseball pitchers occur half a ribcage away from Hughes's alleged crack, but an unusual circumstance could cause an unusual injury.
2) The Yankees have found a "shadow of opportunity" on the MRI and they're using it as their excuse for removing Hughes from further damage to his ego.
Rumor on ESPN radio said that Hughes thinks he did the damage sneezing, not pitching.
Re: Hughes to the DL
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