The Phil Hughes story, was just about to end very badly. Hughes was about to be sent down to the minors. Fans would grumble, and whine about the trade that didn’t happen. Steve Lombardi would continue to bash Brian Cashman for betting the future on Hughes.
But Phil caught a break, literally. He’s not going to touch a baseball for a month, so my guess is he’s gone for 6-8 weeks. That means, that the story arc gets new life. Now we can watch his rehab, and hear from the team and anonymous scouts that “the life on his fastball is back, his location is way better than it was pre injury” blah blah blah. Then we can all wait in anticipation as he makes a few minor league tuneup starts, and then we can all hope to see the Phil Hughes we were promised when he returns to the big league club.
Fun times!
