Phil Hughes Retires
4 years agoPhil Hughes officially announced his retirement from baseball more than two years after throwing his last pitch. The 34-year-old right-hander announced on Twitter on Sunday what's been "fairly apparent ... these last couple years." Hughes won the World Series with the Yankees in 2009 and went 88-79 with a 4.52 ERA in 211 career starts and 79 relief appearances over 12 major league seasons with the Yankees, (2007-13), Twins (2014-18) and Padres (2018). He went a career-best 18-8 and was an All-Star in 2010. Hughes also won 16 games in 2012 and 2014. The righty dealt with various injuries in his career, having season-ending surgery in 2016 to fix thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition that recurred and caused him to miss the final three-plus months in 2017.
Source: The Associated Press
Source: The Associated Press