Young pitchers are the hottest commodity in baseball these days, with more and more teams hitching their wagons to their prospect stars every season. The Yankees are one such team, even going so far as to put two of their youngsters off-limits when it came to trying (half-heartedly, if you ask me, but that's a whole 'nother post) to acquire Santana. Philip Hughes, Ian Kennedy, and Joba Chamberlain are the three golden boys the Yanks were planning on having shoulder a hefty portion of the burden this year, and unfortunately, two thirds of that Golden Boy Brigade hasn't come out of the gates running at top speed.The aforementioned struggling duo of Yankee Youngsters is Hughsie and I-Ken, whose combined age is younger than Julio Franco. Hughes has had four starts now and Kennedy three, and their pitching lines ain't pretty:
Kennedy: 14 IP, 19 hits allowed, 15 ER, 13 walks, 13 strikeouts
Hughes: 16.3 IP, 25 hits allowed, 16 ER, 10 walks, 10 strikeouts
Now, before we get our collective knickers in a nasty bunch at the sight of those frightening numbers, let's remember that it's still April and three or four games is a very small sample size. Both Hughsie and IPK displayed superior talent last year and their poor performances thus far this year shouldn't negate the talent we all saw. Only time will tell, b ut I think it's far too early to be panicking. These two will be just fine.
Moose, on the other hand...
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