everybody touted phil hughes and ian kennedy last year. they went 0-8. they had to rush joba chamber lan chamberlain and finally they stopped messing around with joba chamberlain. he probably should have going to the minor leagues for 10 starts. >> johnny: breaking ball outside from lannan to bruce. >> rob: now phil hughes is in the bullpen in new york. they have got all kinds of issues. there's always going to be pitching problems at the major league level. >> johnny: i think that is why this scenario with strasburg is fascinating. he says he is going sit back and bide his time through the negotiation process and let things take place. could be a double-play. to second for one and no throw at first. they get the runner at second for the force-out. strasburg says he is going to relax and have fun. places he would like to go. he will let other people take care of the negotiations. >> rob: he is also being fed some of these lines too. you don't want to seem like you are too interested in signing and getting underway. kind of like storen. drew storen. he sa

i think phil hughes has chance if they keep him in the bullpen to be a guy that allows joba chamerlain to stay in the rotation. he has that dominating stuff when he only has to pitch one or two innings. >> in the a.l. east, boston, yankees and ray, but you can only pick two to get to the postseason, which of those two of the three? >> i still think the bullpen for the rays will rear its ugly head somewhere. they don't have a closer yet. they're using j.c. howe there now. i think that will be a concern down the stretch when their pitchers start getting tired and they can't go deeper into games. i think the rays will be the odd team out, but don't ever count them out. that's tough to do. but i'm doing it. >> you've done it all you life. , no i'm just kidding. the talk continues on "baseball tonight" at 10:00 eastern tonight. >> top stories coming up, including a look at what's going on in wimbledon. another williams-williams final just two wins away. plus on the eve of nba free agency, we ask who is the biggest difference maker available. opinion coming up on "aircheck." opinion coming u

and the bullpen for the yankees, phil hughes, is now the other guy. >> jim: two outs and none on following the melvin mora ground out. as the orioles continue this stretch of left-handed starters against them. so the switch hitter is getting a lot of at-bats from the right side. now, that is high. ball three. detwiler averages about 3.5 walks per nine innings and striking out about six. no decision last saturday against the blue jays. he pitched very well. the comments that we have heard, and, rob, your perspective would be the opposite of this, as the orioles have gone through the n.l. east, the n.l. east teams commenting on how well top to bottom the american league east teams hit because that's what you have to do in this condition as matt wieters draw as two-out walk. if you're trying to even come close to compete well the red sox and the yankees, the rays are the defending champs, every team in this division top to bottom can hit. that's how the tapes are built. >> rob: it is by far the toughest division in baseball. and, you know, having watched the american league east for decades g