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The Yankees are already down one of their two prized starting pitching prospects from the Opening Day roster after sending Phil Hughes to the disabled list. That increases the importance upon Ian Kennedy's fifth start of the season as the Yankees look to scratch back to the .500 mark on Thursday.

Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique. The team made the announcement during Wednesday's game against the Tigers. Hughes, the youngest pitcher in the Major Leagues at 21, took a pounding in the Yankees' 6-4 loss to the Tigers at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

The bruised and battered Yankees sent out a lineup without Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada on Wednesday, something they'll have to get used to for at least the next two weeks. As New York's disabled list continues to swell, they can only hope to have other players step it up in the games following an uninspired 6-2 loss to the Tigers at Yankee Stadium.

A 33-year-old veteran catcher, Chad Moeller returned to the Yankees under a strange set of circumstances, passing through waivers before briefly becoming a free agent before the Yankees signed him to a Major League contract on Wednesday. With Jorge Posada currently on the disabled list, Moeller is an important piece.

While Alex Rodriguez will miss at least 15 games after being placed on the disabled list on Tuesday with a strained right quadriceps, the team believes he may be back as quickly as two weeks. The disabled list assignment is Rodriguez's first as a Yankee and his first since 2000 with the Mariners.

Phil Hughes allowed six runs over 3 2/3 innings to earn his fourth consecutive loss, but Ross Ohlendorf struck out five Tigers batters in 3 1/3 innings of relief to show the Yankees something promising in a 6-4 loss to the Tigers.

The slow starts of Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes have put additional pressure on the three more experienced members of New York's starting staff, including left-hander Andy Pettitte, who starts for the Yankees against the Tigers on Wednesday.

Alex Rodriguez has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right quadriceps, leaving the New York Yankees without two of their most important players.

Knowing that surgery would wipe out the remainder of his 2008 season, Yankees right-hander Brian Bruney has visited multiple physicians, hoping for a more optimistic diagnosis than the ones he has already received.

The father of Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain left the hospital after recovering from respiratory failure brought on by pneumonia.

Derek Jeter and the Yankees are pitching in alongside Major League Baseball to help both local and national charities, some of which are located mere blocks from Yankee Stadium, home of the 2008 All-Star Game.

The Yankees recalled right-hander Edwar Ramirez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday, optioning right-hander Chris Britton to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Jorge Posada, on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder, rejoined the Yankees on Tuesday as he awaits further test results on the nature of his injury. Yankees GM Brian Cashman said that Posada would be examined by team physician Dr. Stuart Hershon on Tuesday, and he was scheduled to see Dr. David Altchek on Thursday for an additional opinion.

Yogi Berra made his way to the front of the Stadium Club on Tuesday, donning an All-Star Game lapel pin on his blazer and tugging a DHL All-Star FanFest cap down around his crown, greeted on the stage with a sly grin from Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.

A group that included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, MLB COO Bob DuPuy, Yankees co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra officially launched the online voting and introduced the schedule for the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.