thunderbaseball.wordpress.com - 9/26/2009
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Photo: Mike Ashmore (2007)
By popular demand, the first alumni feature of the off-season will be with Phil Hughes. During a recent trip to Yankee Stadium, I had a chance to catch up with the former Thunder pitcher, who was considered one of the best prospects in all of baseball when he was with ...
Fight on, Phil Hughes
yankees.lhblogs.com 9/20/2009 — The USC football team faces Washington at Husky Stadium this afternoon. It’s a short ride from Safeco Field and Phil Hughes will be there on the sideline for the first half.
Phil is a devoted fan of the Trojans and is fired-up to see the team ...
Phil Hughes and Bullpen
nybaseballdigest.com 9/17/2009 — Billy Campione of Full Count Pitch wrote earlier today why Phil Hughes should remain a permanent fixture in the Yankees bullpen. You can read the details, but Campione cites the short stints for improving his velocity and eliminating underdeveloped secondary pitches. The rationale, Billy ...
Hughes’ Bullpen Stint Should Be Permanent
fullcountpitch.com 9/17/2009 — From the manager to the beat writers, most people involved with the Yankees agree that the emergence of Phil Hughes in the 8th inning has been one of the keys to the Yankees’ second half dominance. Hughes has become the most trusted “bridge to ...
Hughes Thinks ALDS Problems Are Fixed
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/17/2009 — As you know, Phil Hughes struggled during the ALDS. In three games Hughes had a 9.00 ERA in 2 innings of work. Allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 3. According to Dave Eiland, via Chad Jennings , the problem was mechanical, has ...
The Hughes Move
pinstripealley.com 10/8/2009 —
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Would you say Joe Girardi overmanaged the game last night?
Phil Hughes faced 3 batters and recorded 2 outs.
Phil Coke threw one pitch for a ...
Where did Phil Hughes’ curveball go?
riveraveblues.com 10/13/2009 — Like most (all?) of you guys, I spent my Sunday evening watching Phil Hughes pitch part of the 8th inning in the Yankees’ series clinching win over the Twins. And also like most of you, I was waiting for Hughes to throw either Denard Span or ...
The Phil Hughes Situation
310tojoba.blogspot.com 25 days ago — Look, nobody is more upset than me about the fall from grace of Phil Hughes. I've been a huge supporter of the guy since he first burst onto the scene as a big name prospect. He was an integral cog of the bullpen this year and I hope he'll be a big part of the starting rotation for a long, ...
Some Quick Phil Hughes Pitch F/X Analysis
mvn.com 29 days ago — Phil Hughes hasn't been his dominant self this postseason; that has been very well documented. So far, his line reads:
4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 6 K.
That works out to a .557 BABIP, but it's not like he's been giving up weak hit balls. 35 percent of the batted balls against him have been ...
The amazing, disappearing Phil Hughes
riveraveblues.com 8/28/2009 — You remember Phil Hughes right, that great young pitcher the Yankees have decided is more valuable out of the bullpen? Well, have you seen him lately? It seems that the team, or at least manager Joe Girardi, has decided that the best way to utilize ...
Phil Hughes as Shutdown Reliever | FanGraphs Baseball
fangraphs.com 8/25/2009 — Since June Phil Hughes has been recast from disappointing former top starting pitching prospect to shut down reliever. He started off as a sixth/seventh inning guy, but by mid-July had established himself as the 8th inning setup man to Mariano Rivera ...
