Hughes really hurt after all -and so are the Yankees

Just when we thought the Yankees were trying to pull a fast one with a phony strained oblique story, word tonight that Phil Hughes has a stress fracture in his ribs and could be out till at least July. So much for the Yanks being extra secretive.

This certainly throws a fly in the ointment. Who takes Hughes’ place? For the near future, righty Darrell Rasner was called up from Scranton Wilkes-Barre. It seems like the team will most definitely have to look for pitching help. It’s a tough setback for Hughes, no doubt his confidence shaken after a poor 0-4 start-and the Yanks, who at best wanted the kid to get a break. Just not the kind that has him out for up to two months.

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