PHIL-A-BUSTER

He was a Hughes bust. He never Phil-ed Yankee Stadium with his fans. He couldn’t Phillip the holes in the Yankee rotation. Nobody thought I could come up with more Phil Hughes jokes than I did in Pitching Fits, but Take a Look at Me Now!

Oh wait, that last one’s a dig at Phil Collins.

Well, anyway, surprising nobody, Hughes will not be returning to the Bronx in 2014. The Minnesota Twins are expected to announce in the next few days that Phil has signed with that organization. Reportedly, to the tune of a 3-year $24 million dollar deal.

This comes on the heels of reports that Minnesota has also come to terms with Ricky Nolasco, of a 4-year contract for $49 million. This can be considered good news. Regular readers of BYB know that we didn’t like the look of Nolasco, and recommended a pass on him in Arms Race Nearly Run.

The result of this is a free agent pool of starting pitchers that is even smaller than last week. With the holes in New York’s rotation still so glaring, the pressure is on the Front Office to take action.

Don’t get us Ervin Santana or Ubaldo Jimenez, guys. We would like Matt Garza and Roy Halladay. Pretty please and thank you.

And the way things are going lately, the smart money should get placed on BYB’s picks.

 
Chad R. MacDonald
BYB Features Writer
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