Wang back to the rotation, Hughes to bullpen

[browntown653]

Only Joba can be a reliever!!! This is a terrible move!!!!

...seriously, I like this move. Wang looks back to 100% (both he and Cashman say he is) and he has to be pitching every 5 days or so, otherwise he's just going to get plain rusty. Hughes, for as dominant as he looks at times, has a 5.45 ERA in 7 starts and has gone just 5 innings 3 of his last 4 starts. I could see him starting in AAA - but at the same time, this gives him major league experience and allows the bullpen to hopefully improve.

[DirtyKash]

Maybe Hughes will make one more start now that AJ has been suspended.

[cjkalt]

I still think Wang will have some trouble against patient lineups as a starter but we will see

[DirtyKash]

How did Phil Hughes get so good?

[NYgiantsfan5689]

He got his first save the other night! Guy's been DIRTY

[catman]

Phil Hughes has stuff that cannot be touched until you have seen it once or twice. As a starter, that happens every game, and his last couple of innings are usualy not very good. when he comes out of the bullpen, he can concentrate on throwing the pitch that is called to the spot that is called, not about what happened the last AB the guy had against him.

[cjkalt]

Phil Hughes has stuff that cannot be touched until you have seen it once or twice. As a starter, that happens every game, and his last couple of innings are usualy not very good. when he comes out of the bullpen, he can concentrate on throwing the pitch that is called to the spot that is called, not about what happened the last AB the guy had against him.

The same is true with Joba... he's an average starter and an elite MR/CL