Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Agent 47
The New York Yankees keep getting bad news, this time concerning their staring MLB pitcher Phil Hughes, who will be in the “disable list” for almost two months.
This is not only extremely inconvenient; but also very inopportune
I used the word “inopportune” because the Yankees are also missing three important MLB players: All Star catcher Jorge Posada, reliever Brian Bruney and MVP Alex Rodriguez.
What else can affect this MLB team that missing that kind of players? They most work on new strategies and other ways to continue improving and gain all they can, to be prepared for the finals.
Hughes is suffering a stress fracture on his ninth right rib and due to this injury he will be under treatment and out for at least four consecutive weeks to be re-evaluated and make a final diagnosis.
When the Yankees authorities first knew about Hughes’ health problem, they though it was just a strained on his right oblique muscle that will be cured with few days of proper rest. But it was more serious and now and Phil is supposed to be back in July.
Phil was drafted by the New York Yankees in 2004 and with only 21 years this great MLB pitcher has made a really brilliant career. He is 0-4 with a 9 ERA for this MLB season.
But let’s see what Phil has to say about this big inconvenience: “At least for me, I was in disbelief,” Hughes said. “I was expecting to get the results of the MRI and have some small muscle strain or something like that. For it to be this, especially with the way things are going pitching-wise and everything else, it’s just not a fun time right now.”
“It could have been around for a while and it was just so minor that I didn’t know it. Or it could have been something that happened overnight. There’s no way of knowing,” Hughes said. “There wasn’t like one specific pitch, like I said where I felt it. It was just one of those things. I woke up one morning and there was a little discomfort, but nothing major. And then after last night there was significantly more discomfort.”
Doctors and also Hughes don’t know how he got hurt that seriously, but the point here is to check out on the best options for him to get well as soon as possible.
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