The timing of Phil Hughes’ return from the Disabled List could hardly be more indefinite. Wednesday, Chad Jennings reports (via LoHud Yankees Blog):
Phil Hughes Throws 30 Pitches, Future Still Hazy
Phil Hughes threw 30 pitches today, his first bullpen since the start that landed him on the disabled list with a dead arm. Hughes has done four days of long toss in an attempt to build arm strength. He’ll take tomorrow off, then throw another bullpen on Friday - probably two sets of 15 pitches - and that bullpen will decide what’s next.
Hughes hasn’t been diagnosed with a specific injury; he supposedly just has a “dead arm,” which is what they say when you can’t throw as hard as usual but the doctors can’t find anything wrong.
If Friday’s bullpen session goes well, Hughes might be given a rehab start in the minors. He thinks he’ll know within a few innings whether his arm’s undead, but it seems like if the doctors don’t know what’s going on, Hughes probably doesn’t, either. At best, he doesn’t figure to start again for the Yankees anytime in the next couple of weeks.
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