For Chien-Ming Wang, return to the rotation provides a sense of relief by Marc Carig/The Star-Ledger Wednesday June 03, 2009, 7:02 PM NEW YORK -- Nearly seven weeks after an embarrassing string of outings cost him his spot in the rotation, Yankees right-hander Chien-Ming Wang will start on Thursday against the Rangers. "I'm happy to be back as a starter, " Wang said. "I'm 100 percent back." Wang went to the disabled list on April 24 with adductor muscle weakness in his hips, a condition that doctors said stemmed from the foot injury that ended his year last season. But Wang has looked healthy in his last two relief outings, during which he's combined to throw five shutout innings. "That's when we legitimately starting discussing (his return), " Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "You know what? Those are five shutout innings, he looks real good, he feels strong about himself. He's a starter and he's someone who's got a huge history of nothing but success. Now he's healthy, and he looks right, he feels right." 「我們是到那時候（看到他最近兩次後援表現）才開始討論讓他回輪值。」 現金人說。「你知道嗎？那五局，他看起來好極了，他對自己有自信，他是個先發， 他過去的歷史告訴我們他是個成功的先發。現在他是健康的，而且他看起來很好， 他覺得很好。」 Yankees manager Joe Girardi said the team needed to make the move. Girardi said waiting any longer would have made it difficult for Wang to maintain enough arm strength to work as a starter. On Thursday, he will be limited to 75-80 pitches. 吉總說，球隊必須做個決定，他說再等下去會使王建民無法保持可以先發的手臂力量。 星期四王建民大約會被限制在75～80球左右。 Right-hander Phil Hughes, who has pitched well, will head to the bullpen, though he will not be available until Friday. 休斯到牛棚，不過他要直到星期五才會可以上場。 "I knew something had to give eventually with the way Wang has been pitching out of the bullpen," Hughes said. "He looks like he's back to his normal self. So that left me as the odd man out. I'll do whatever the team needs and right now, that's being in the bullpen." 「我知道這一天將會來到，因為最近王建民的後援表現，他看起來就像是之前的他一樣， 所以那使得我成為那個離開的人，但我會完成球隊給予我的任何任務，現在， 是後援投手。」休斯說。 Wang's ERA had soared to 34.50 after his first three starts. But after three relief appearances, Wang lowered his ERA to 16.07. (下略) http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/06/for_chienming_wang_return_to_t.html --

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