Remember when Phil Hughes was the Yankees solid #2 starter?
It seems a lot longer ago than last summer, doesn't it?
He was so bad in the second half of last year and in the playoffs that some people thought that maybe he wasn't all he was cracked up to be.
He has been godawful this year. So bad that the Yankees have put him on the disabled list, even though it isn't 100% clear why.
Chris DeLuca, creator of What Sucks, wrote on his Twitter page:
Breaking: Yankee doctors about to diagnose Phil Hughes with "sucking".
It's funny and it is also familiar.
I wrote about the same thing happening in 2008.
Hughes was pitching awfully for the Yankees and suddenly he was on the disabled list with what looked like a case of the "We can't send him to the minors because we'll look stupid for not including him in a trade for Johan Santana" syndrome.
Cut to 2011 and he has the "This will make it look even worse that we couldn't sign Cliff Lee and Phil Hughes sucks"-itis.
2 times in four years Hughes has been so bad that they had to shove him on the DL.
So if you are keeping score, he has one mediocre year in the bigs (2007, his rookie year.)
He has one good year as a set up man (2009, his World Series year.)
Half a year as an All Star starter (2010.)
Half a year where he was a below average starter (2010.)
And two seasons where he simply didn't look like a big leaguer (2008 and 2011.)
The ace half year could have been a Dontrelle Willis level fluke.
Meanwhile he is going on the DL after once again reenacting the "Ow My Arm!" scene form Caddyshack.
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