The New York Yankees will refuse to allow top pitching prospect Phil Hughes to play for the U.S. Olympic team in qualifying next month, Team USA general manager Bob Watson told The New York Times. Hughes is "basically off limits," Watson told the newspaper for a story published Wednesday. Yankees GM Brian Cashman said Watson sought permission to have only infielder Nick Green and reliever J.B. Cox included for the U.S. team's preliminary 60-man roster. "No one ever asked us about Phil Hughes," Cashman told the Times. "They asked about one pitcher, and it wasn't Hughes."