About a week ago, the word was that Yankees starter Phil Hughes was feeling a great deal better after getting a cortisone injection into his mysteriously ineffective right shoulder. The Yankees didn't know what was actually wrong with Hughes, and still don't, but better is better, so now the news is that Hughes and the team are going to take the next step, courtesy of Bryan Hoch:
Phil Hughes Set To Begin Throwing Program On Thursday
#Yankees RHP Phil Hughes expects to start throwing program on Thursday. Could return in 6-8 weeks.
Writes Hoch later about what the Yankees are calling Hughes’ problem:
Yankees are going with right shoulder inflammation.
So we’ll see how this throwing program goes. The Yankees will hope that Hughes begins throwing at or near full strength, and who knows, maybe time and a little cortisone was all he needed. But there’s no telling until Hughes is actually out there throwing a baseball.
Hughes allowed 16 runs in 10.1 innings over three starts with the Yankees before going on the DL, and by subtracting his numbers, the rest of the rotation has a collective 3.38 ERA. So even though the Yankees would love to have Hughes back for the stretch run, at least for the time being they’re doing just fine without him.
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