Because its the impression I got of you from your posts in seasons past.

You're just going to have to accept that Hughes is a bust.

Hughes may have something left in the tank just yet.

Perhaps as a reliever...

NAY......only if he earns it. After what I saw last season I feel better about Garcia as #5 and Hughes in the Pen and or plan B if a starter gets hurt. He has more value in the Pen over Garcia or maybe they have a six man rotation? that would be about 27 starts per pitcher.

Read the whole post, he said the next 5-8 years.

This guy is a middle reliever at best.... He had a few good months in entire career, I am lost as to the reason that people think this guy is an actual starter in the major leagues. His only good year was a partial "good" year. He had 12 wins and a 2.26 ERA at the break and ended up with 18 total wins and a 4.65 ERA for the year.... His ERA was around 6 for the entire second half of that season.... So, based on that math, he has an equally good and bad year. He should start the season in the minors and actually prove that he belongs.....

He should, and will earn it

Not that kind of Friar... Sorry.

"Because its the impression I got of you from your posts in seasons past."

< Not to be an @ss, but you are the one who claimed Mo was done and has had some very bandwagon like comments.

That's just the impression I have gotten :-)

the problem is, anytime you hand hughes something he takes a gigantic dump all over it.

after showing some great stuff in his first turn with the Yankees, including notching the only win after he bailed out Clemens in a playoff game, he was handed a spot in the rotation. He finished the year 0-4 with an ERA over 6.

He was given another chance to start in 2009, and went 3-2 with an ERA of 5.45. He had to beg to remain on the team, and actually showed alot of stuff out of the BP

He was great in the first half of 2010 but unraveled after his blown save in the ASG and had a mediocre second half.

And then last season he was just god awful.

So no, i don't think he should be handed anything. He's been handed a rotation spot several times, and he's squandered every one of them. Maybe we don't give up on a 25 y/o quite yet, but it's time he show's that he can pitch for the Yankees or there's 3 other teams after Burnett who would love him

the Yankees' F.O. are caught in their own web of spinning the UEBER-HYPE of Phenom Phil, the man SURE to be our ace for > 10 years

now, they have to backtrack, BACKTRACK, **BACKTRACK** on their predictions -- and it's a bitter pill for them to swallow, so they give him chance after chance, even tho' he hasn't EARNED it

OP is correct. He will be the number 1 starter in a year or two. He's that good, idiot!!!

I love the idea of Hughes being in the Yanks rotation for his career, as long as he earns it.
As of now he has earned a shot to try out for the rotation, but hasn't earned his spot.

I agree he's definately be our # 1 starter in a year or two....all he needs to do is add 5 MPH to his fastball, add some movement to it and develop 3 more quality pitches that he can locate in any count.

This guy is NOTHING special, contrary to popular belief spawned by the Yankee public relations department and soaked up by naive fans.

Burnett is half traded and Garcia will be chilling in the bullpen flicking sunflower seeds to Mo and Drob. Hughes is basically being handed the 5th spot and he better not fall flat on his face again. This is a make or break year for Phil, we all know it and I'm sure he can't wait to get on the mound and prove himself (at least that's how he SHOULD feel if he has any balls at all).