Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes expected to be out until July

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 Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes expected to be out until July
Struggling pitcher Phil Hughes, who was placed on the disabled list after Wednesday's game with what the team originally called a strained oblique muscle, now is expected to be out until at least July with a stress fracture in the ninth rib on his right side. [link]

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Baseball Today: Friday, May 2
Published 5/2/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... , completing a three-game Detroit sweep. (New York Daily News) The Yanks also announced that not only is Phil Hughes indeed injured -- some (guilty as charged) were skeptical after the clumsy way they handled things Wednesday -- but that he'll be out until at least July because of a rib fracture. (Daily News) The Yanks' other kid starter, Ian Kennedy, ...

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