Sweeping Seattle

Darrell Rasner pitched very well today and the Yankee offense kept doing what its supposed to do against mediocre pitchers like Carlos Silva. How about that Melky Cabrera, hitting his 6th homer of the young season. Who knew Rasner would end up pitching for the Yankees in early May, especially when the Yanks let him walk in the offseason (they resigned him later, obviously).

Quick note on Phil Hughes. Bryan Hoch has a writeup on Hughes and how he’s dealing with his injury situation. Hughes is still sort of vague and uncertain as to how his rib injury occurred. He says that he felt it during his rain-shortened outing in Chicago. Hughes has been injured a lot over the past few seasons (4 out of 5 season, actually) and one has to wonder why. The answer seems fairly obvious when you think about it. He’s overthrowing when he gets into jams and his mechanics become troublesome. A few months ago, I asked whether or not Hughes’ mechanical issues should cause us to worry about his health. Judging from what we’ve seen this year, that question has been answered, and we should continue to worry about his health in the future, as well.