NEW YORK — Injured Yankees starter Phil Hughes had a setback Monday in his rehabilitation from a “dead arm,” cutting short a bullpen session after only about a dozen pitches.
Hughes went on the disabled list April 15 because of a significant drop in his velocity. The team was impressed with Hughes’ progress and was planning to have him make a rehab start this week, but he was not even able to complete an “inning” of 15 pitches.
“It’s just the same as before,” Hughes said. “It’s like nothing’s coming out . . . just a lot of deadness, nothing really there after the first 10 (pitches) or so, so I’m just going to take a couple days, rest it and re-evaluate it from there.”
Footnotes.
Jose Contreras’ strained right forearm was examined by team doctor Michael Ciccotti. The Phillies closer is scheduled for an MRI today.
• Former Rangers president J. Thomas Schieffer, younger brother of “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer, was hired by commissioner Bud Selig to run the Dodgers, less than a week after Major League Baseball took over operation of the franchise from owner Frank McCourt.
Also, the Dodgers activated former all-star catcher Dioner Navarro (strained side) and optioned catcher A.J. Ellis to Triple-A Albuquerque.
• Rangers pitcher Brandon Webb, trying to come back from right shoulder surgery in 2009, needed only 16 pitches to get through two perfect innings in an extended spring-training game in Arizona.
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