zellspinstripeblog.com - 11/15/2008
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Hughes is making his case for ‘09 a whole lot better this fall. He pitched a great game today. He had one really bad start this fall, but besides that..he has been pretty darn good. Phil is ahead of the game when you think about it. He is still considered “one of the younger guys” in camp. Phil was
Phil Hughes off-season in review
zellspinstripeblog.com 12/1/2008 — 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
Phil Hughes focusing on 2009
nydailynews.com 12/1/2008 — 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.
Phil Hughes putting on a show in the AFL
zellspinstripeblog.com 10/15/2008 — Sorry for the lack of updates. My internet was knocked out.
Phil Hughes has now pitched two quality starts since finishing off the regular season. In his most recent outing, Hughes put up these numbers: 5IP 4H 1R 1ER 1BB 3K. After that start he was selected as the Arizona Fall League’s
This One's For the Hughes Haters
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 11/9/2008 — Since I know a lot of you are going to look at yesterday's AFL start for Hughes as another reason why the Yankees should get rid of Hughes ASAP, I figured I'd post an article that gave a different perspective. From Dugout Central's Chuck Johnson ( Johnson is a former account exec with the ...
Conflicting Reports on Hughes
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 11/27/2008 — 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 ...
A 3.35 ERA for Phil Hughes in ‘09?
zellspinstripeblog.com 12/15/2008 — From rotoauthority:
A 3.35 ERA For Phil Hughes?
I’ve been having fun with the Bill James projections, which you can purchase for $9.95 here. Today let’s take a look at some interesting starters they project to post an ERA under 4.00 in 2009.
Barry Zito
Hughes a mistake? I don’t think so. Cashman still has faith in him.
zellspinstripeblog.com 10/28/2008 — Phil Hughes has struggled of late in his past two starts int he AFL. So what? He is going there to get his innings up..not to throw no-hitters. He finished the regular season on a high note by getting the call back up, and he played well. These few AFL starts aren’t going to erase those. Why can’t Y
Hughes As Tough As Nails
waswatching.com 11/4/2008 — In the Arizona Fall League this evening, Phil Hughes faced 16 batters and retired 15 of them - 8 on strikeouts.
Coming into this game, the Surprise Rafters - who Hughes faced - were batting .243 as a team. Regardless, tomorrow, Yankees fanboy ...
What about Hughes and Kennedy?
yankees.lhblogs.com 11/9/2008 — Spent a little time here at the St. Regis asking the Yankees how they view Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy these days.
A few interesting things came out of it.
Hughes was throwing 95 in Arizona the other night and the Yankees were thrilled. ...
