Three more cuts
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 09, 2008 
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RHP Alan Horne, RHP Jeff Marquez and LHP Chase Wright were reassigned to minor-league camp.
All three pitched today.
Horne: 1 1 0 0 2 0
Marquez: 1 2 2 1 1 0
Wright: 0.2 1 2 1 2 0
Talked to Phil Hughes after he came out the game. He said he was pleased with his fastball command more than anything else. Getting to camp early has paid off for him so far.
“I don’t want to waste all my good innings in spring training,” he said.
It’s still very early but you have to be impressed with how Hughes has looked this spring. After his disjointed 2007 season, he seems determined to prove he the pitcher the Yankees have always believed he is.
FIRST!!!!! omg i’m so cool
also I love Joe Maddon
i thought from the start that Phil would be the first of the big three to break out as a star
Trying not to get too excited cuz it’s spring, but Phil looks great and he should go north with a lot of confidence.
As long as Phil doesn’t get hurt he’s going to have nice season.
Compared to who their #3 or #4 starter was last year – even if he does slightly better than league average he’d be an enormous upgrade over what they had.
I think that’s the important thing with the kids and expectations for this season.
They won’t be great – they’ll have learning pains – but they don’t need to be great as long as Wang and Pettite perform up to expectations.
The red sox had the best overall rotation in the AL last year. Their #3,4,and 5 starters gave them league average to worse than league average innings over the course of the season (that includes Matsuzaka).
Now I understand why many foreigners have difficulty with American english – when the same phrase-major league baseball pitcher – can be used to describe both Hughes and Igawa.
It’s only a matter of days when the next wave of cuts see Cody Ransom, Bernie Castro, Nick Green, Justin Christian, Greg Porter, and Colin Curtis re-assigned.
Decisions have to be made in what to do with Henn and Igawa as Traber and Phillips continue to make a case to stay.
Brian Bruney, Chris Britton, and Edwar Ramirez have little wiggle room.
Scott Patterson is an interesting read.