Fans Have Spoken: Phil Hughes Stays With Yanks
It was wrenching enough for the Yankees to even offer Phil Hughes to the Twins for Santana, and General Manager Brian Cashman was never too enthusiastic. Hank Steinbrenner, the senior vice president, said he had heard that fans were glad the Yankees pulled out of the Santana chase.
“I don’t base what I do on other people’s opinions,” Steinbrenner said. “You can’t take opinion polls every day. But I’m really pleased at the fan reaction to keeping Hughes, and the fans do matter. Their opinion does matter.
“They’re the ones that buy tickets and watch the YES Network. I like the way they get attached to homegrown Yankee players, just like the rest of us do in ownership and the front office. I was actually kind of surprised. But the fans seem to be in favor of keeping Hughes, and that’s a good thing.”
A rotation of Chien-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte, Joba Chamberlain, Mike Mussina and Hughes – with Ian Kennedy also in the mix – has the potential to be very good. If the Yankees truly stay away from Santana, the rest of their off-season may center on bolstering the bullpen.
The free-agent market is thin, so the Yankees seem prepared to build from within. At this point, it will be a free-for-all in spring training, with Jonathan Albaladejo, Chris Britton, Brian Bruney, Ross Ohlendorf and José Veras among the right-handed candidates, and Sean Henn, Kei Igawa and Chase Wright from the left side.
And that is not even counting the starters Cashman plans to try in relief: Alan Horne, Jeff Marquez and Steven White.
“We’re going to have a good team,” Cashman said. “We have a lot of work to do. There are areas of need that still need to be addressed, and we’ll stay focused on that.”
News source ：http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/fans-have-spoken-phil-hughes-stays-with-yanks/
“I don’t base what I do on other people’s opinions,” Steinbrenner said. “You can’t take opinion polls every day. But I’m really pleased at the fan reaction to keeping Hughes, and the fans do matter. Their opinion does matter.
“They’re the ones that buy tickets and watch the YES Network. I like the way they get attached to homegrown Yankee players, just like the rest of us do in ownership and the front office. I was actually kind of surprised. But the fans seem to be in favor of keeping Hughes, and that’s a good thing.”
A rotation of Chien-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte, Joba Chamberlain, Mike Mussina and Hughes – with Ian Kennedy also in the mix – has the potential to be very good. If the Yankees truly stay away from Santana, the rest of their off-season may center on bolstering the bullpen.
The free-agent market is thin, so the Yankees seem prepared to build from within. At this point, it will be a free-for-all in spring training, with Jonathan Albaladejo, Chris Britton, Brian Bruney, Ross Ohlendorf and José Veras among the right-handed candidates, and Sean Henn, Kei Igawa and Chase Wright from the left side.
And that is not even counting the starters Cashman plans to try in relief: Alan Horne, Jeff Marquez and Steven White.
“We’re going to have a good team,” Cashman said. “We have a lot of work to do. There are areas of need that still need to be addressed, and we’ll stay focused on that.”
News source ：http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/fans-have-spoken-phil-hughes-stays-with-yanks/
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