The time to trade Hughes (and Granderson) was this past off-season, but the lazy, incompetent, remedial, lazy (did I say lazy) did nothing but repel buildings and cheat on his wife. Hughes SHOULD be traded this week, but we all know that won't happen.
The Yankees need to borrow a "real GM" from another team for about an hour or two this week, so he could trade Hughes, Joba, CC, and a few other pieces and not get raped in the process. The current GM is not up to the task.