The Hardball Times:Anatomy of a player: Phil Hughes

• studes

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  Awesome, Josh.  I particularly like the release point data.  And this:

  Most of Phil Hughes' future is ahead of him...

  Been studying your Yogisms? 

  Posted 6/21/2008 [reply] [flag]

  • joshkalk

    +2

    Lol! that obivously didn't come out quite right.  Anyway, hopefully the Yogi channeling didn't affect the quality too much.

    Posted 6/21/2008 [reply] [flag]

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THT’s Kalk Looks At Hughes
Published 6/21/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
(Thanks to WasWatching.com reader “OnceIWasAYankeeFan” for the heads-up on this one.) I just read Josh Kalk’s “Anatomy of a player: Phil Hughes” at The Hardball Times. Josh concludes that: Phil Hughes has a huge amount of upside, but there still are concerns. If he continues to not use his slider and change-up, he effectively becomes a two pitch pitcher. Now despite what you might have heard, starters can make it in this league with only two pitches as long as they are both quality pitches and if he can control them well. ...

A few random Yankee thoughts
Published 6/22/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... Phil Hughes has been hurt, and it’s easy to forget about him. The Hardball Times hasn’t, though, and has an analysis of the young right-hander. ...

THT Anatomy of a Player - Phil Hughes
Published 6/22/2008 by YankeeGM (noreply@blogger.com) at Yankee GM Blog
Great read on The Messiah over at The Hardball Times. I recommend reading the whole article (and some linked posts), but here is the last bit - Conclusions Phil Hughes has a huge amount of upside, but there still are concerns. If he continues to not use his slider and change-up, he effectively becomes a two pitch pitcher. Now despite what you might have heard, starters can make it in this league with only two pitches as long as they are both quality pitches and if he can control them well. Hughes' control doesn't seem to be an issue ...

Hardball Times Breaks Down Phil Hughes
Published 6/22/2008 by jscape2000 at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
... They cover everything. Using that Pf/x data that is built into Gameday and I'm so in love with (because it's an independent company recording the data there are no games being played with velocity or movement like on scoreboard radar guns), Josh Kalk has done some great work. Click on the link for more nifty carts than you'll know what to do with.  He's the one that I think is most important: via Hardball Times. That is an exceptionally small release area, about half the size of his release area in 2007. ...

Charting Hughes’s truncated season
Published 6/23/2008 by Joseph P. at River Ave. Blues
... , has authored a piece on The Hardball Times about our one and only Phil Hughes. Kalk talks about a number of things regarding our favorite former prospect, leading off with the velocity issue. Spoiler: He doesn’t have an answer. ...

Q&A with Kiley McDaniel of SaberScouting
Published 7/2/2008 by jscape2000 at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
... your hands on elite talent, like how the Pirates did this year with Tanner Scheppers in the 2nd round; you have to assume risk.  If you're a team looking for as many top talents as you can find, you can't do much better than Damon Oppenheimer has, and he's using multiple avenues to find that talent.  That's why he's a guy you'll see running a whole organization sooner rather than later.   8)  Did you see the Hardball Times' analysis of Phil Hughes?  Combined with Frank's great April ...