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Conflicting Reports on Hughes
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 11/27/2008
Conflicting Reports on Hughes
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Earlier in the week Peter Abraham reported that three scouts said that Phil Hughes was throwing 94-95 MPH with ease in the Arizona Fall League. This wasn't the first time this was reported this winter. Abraham also had reported it a few weeks ago , and Kevin Kernan mentioned it on XM Radio ...
Phil Hughes focusing on 2009
nydailynews.com - 12/1/2008
Phil Hughes focusing on 2009
— nydailynews.com — Last winter, Phil Hughes was one of the hottest commodities in baseball. Now, as the Yanks pursue... free agent pitchers CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, Hughes is uncertain whether he'll even be in the majors to start '09. (more) Phil Hughes focusing on 2009

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Phil Hughes off-season in review
zellspinstripeblog.com - 12/1/2008
Phil Hughes off-season in review
— zellspinstripeblog.com — Phil Hughes went down with a stress fracture in his right rib cage on May 1st. It... took him out for most of the season. Prior to the injury, he was horrible. He posted these numbers: 22IP (W-L) 0-4 9.00ERA 13K. When he returned, Hughes posted these numbers in 2 starts: 12IP (W-L) 0-0 2.25ERA 1 (more) Phil Hughes off-season in review

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Phil Hughes off-season in review
Zell's Pinstripe Blog — ... to work on building up innings. He needed the innings so he could pitch more in 2009. The reason for that is…teams don’t like to throw a youngster out for 200 innings a year, especially if they have never pitched that much during such a long stretch of time. His role next year will depend on what the Yankees do this off-season. He will either be pitching for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre or the New York Yankees on Opening Day 2009. I’m not worried about Phil, but there were some conflicting reports on Hughes this off-season. Here is an overview of the Yankees prospects and ...

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