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Phil Hughes the Franchise and Future,
By Ulysses Marr,
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The Celtics have the big Three, the Mets had the big three sorry met fans I will not speak of that again. The reality is that many teams had the next big 3. But no one had Hughes, Chamberlain, and Kennedy. I ask you if Reyes, Wright, Jeter, Mariano, and Andy are the already here and Stars. Who is the next rising star in New York, and the Yankees organization? Who many believe will be one of the best pitchers in baseball for the next decade? The Man that Brian Cashman, refused to deal in the off season for the best pitcher in baseball. Despite reports that he was in fact the pitcher the Yankees offered for Santana, many inside the organization have indicated that behind close doors Cashman never offered him in any of the deals. You would think that this would be immense pressure for any mortal pitcher, a guy who is pitching his first full season this year, but not for this young man. His maturity sets him apart from most people. He is comfortable with his star power and even has the time to spend it with his hundreds of thousands of fans. But who is this youngster? Born Philip J Hughes on June 24, 1986, and now sitting six foot five 220 pounds, this 21 year old is the Franchise, and the future of the Yankees. But some people might not be aware that it was actually the departure of Andy Pettitte that was the reason why Phil is a Yankee today. The Yankees selected Phil 23rd over all in the 2004 Baseball Draft. The Yankees were awarded this pick when Andy signed with Houston. Early Years In 2003, his junior year in High School he went 12-0 with an awesome 0.78 ERA. While in his senior year his record was 9-1 record with an amazing 0.69 ERA. In his final two years of High School he had 168 total strikeouts, in 133 Innings pitched. Oh and if that did not impress you he pitches a Perfect game. According to Wikipedia Baseball America rated Hughes the Yankees # 1 prospect in November 2006. Through 2006, in his minor league career Hughes is 21-7 with a 2.13 ERA in 237.1 innings (45 starts), in which he has averaged 5.7 hits, 2.0 walks, and 10.2 strikeouts per 9 innings. While in his Minor league career Hughes was 25-8 in 272 innings If he has a year like that in Baseball we would be one of the best pitchers in Baseball.
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MLB Present & Future Before we discuss the accomplishments of Phil and what we all expect him to do in this year. It is worth knowing how well he has performed off the field. You never here him get in trouble with the law, or giving the fans the finger. Phil has his own blog on the net http://philhughes.wordpress.com, a site in where he interacts with his fans. Despite the fact that he has hundreds of thousands of fans, Phil takes the time to run contest, question answer blogs, and had even given out his personal email on Gmail. That prompted some Sox fans to give him a little grief. His response was to have Yankees beat writer Peter Abraham do a q and a with him on his blog. Always a classy guy he has time to meet with his fans, and to give us an inside look at his career and into the Yankees. A must read if you have the time site. http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ The site is one of the best in the industry. Both Phil and Peter take you behind the scene unlike anyone else. This year Phil Hughes will feature a 93-95 mph four-seam fastball, a 87-90 mph two-seam fastball13, a low 70's knuckle curveball (or spike curveball), a developing changeup in the low to mid-80s and a hard slider a look that not many received last year. A pitch that he did not use as much last year that he will try to use in his mix of pitches this year, according to the papers from the Bergan Record to the New Yok Daily News. Hughes Part of Big Three, and the Future. The Franchise is part of three pitchers that will be a key future in what will be one of the best pitching staff for years to come. Now this is not something that is coming from us. The numbers are the proof in this statement. Based on 2006 College Preview: Preseason All-AmericanTeam. In a Draft when you had Andrew Miller Marlins, Daniel Bard RedSox, David Price Rays, Max Scherzer Dbacks, and Tim Lincecum Giants. The Yankees had an impressive eye for talent. Adding These All American Pitchers from an impressive 2006 pitching class to an already impressive young staff featuring, the Franchise Phil Hughes. Includes Alan Horne (05 Draft) If you take a look at the highest rated pitchers of that year the Yankees ended up with four top rated pitchers from the 06 draft and the 07 draft.
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*** Note The Franchise Phil Hughes is no longer considered a Prospect since he is a main stay with the big club. He will be Yanks #1 pitcher for years to come ***
In addition to that a bullpen of Marquez, Ohlendorf, Sanchez, Bruney, and the great Mariano. The Future is Bright for the Yankees simply because they have the big three, and next year they will be known as the big four.
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For all you Phil Hughes fan check out a Q and A with Phil and Baseball America.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/262427.html
The Career Highlights for Phil Hughes
Was 5-3 with a 4.46 ERA in 13GS for the Yankees in 2007...the Yankees were 8-5 in games he started...at 21 years old, was the youngest member of the Yankees rotation in 2007...Opponents batted .235 (64-for-272, 8HR); LH .264 (34-for-129, 6HR), RH .210 (30-for-143, 2HR)...Held opponents to 3ER or less in eight of his 13 Major League starts...In his six road starts, was 4-1 with a 3.11 ERA (37.2IP, 13ER) with opponents batting .148 (19-for-128)....had a 5.91 ERA (35.0IP, 23ER) in seven starts at Yankee Stadium in 2007, going 1-2 with opponents batting .313 (45-for-144)...Opponents batted just .194 (19-for-98) the first time through the order and hit .259 after that (45-for-174)...Had contract purchased from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 4/25...Made his Major-League debut on 4/26 vs. Toronto, recording the loss in a 6-0 Blue Jays victory...was the youngest Yankees pitcher (20 years, 306 days old) to debut since Jose Rijo on 4/5/84 (18 years, 328 days)...since Rijo's first appearance, the only other Yankees to make their Major League debuts under the age of 21 were Derek Jeter (20 years, 337 days), Dioner Navarro (20 years, 211 days) and Melky Cabrera (20 years, 330 days)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Hughes was the youngest Yankee draftee to debut with the Bombers since the amateur draft began in 1965...was the youngest Yankee to debut as a starter since Gene Nelson in 1981 (20 years, 152 days)...became the Yankees' first top draft choice to pitch for the club since Bill Burbach, who was chosen in 1965 (the inaugural year of the First-Year Player Draft)...Became the fifth rookie to start for the Yankees in the team's first 21 games (previously Kei Igawa, Darrell Rasner, Chase Wright and Jeff Karstens)...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other team in the post-war era (since 1946) to start five rookies that early into a season was the 1998 Florida Marlins, who started Andy Larkin, Eric Ludwick, Brian Meadows, Rafael Medina and Jesus Sanchez in their first 20 games...Earned his first Major-League win in his second start on 5/1 at Texas...tossed 6.1 hitless innings (3BB, 6K) in the Yankees' 10-1 victory before being removed in the seventh inning with a strained left hamstring...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the furthest into a game that a Yankees starter had been removed with a no-hitter still in-tact since David Cone on 9/2/96, when he threw 7.0 no-hit innings in his first start after returning from surviving aneurysm surgery (5-0 win at Oakland)...Was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring from 5/3-8/4 (retroactive to 5/2), missing 85 team games...was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day D.L. on 6/9...endured a setback on 5/25 when he suffered a sprained left ankle while doing agility drills in Tampa...made five rehab starts from 7/9-29 with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/WB, going 2-0 with a 0.42 ERA (21.2IP, 10H, 2R, 1ER, 8BB, 25K, 0HR)...Participated in the Triple-A All-Star Game on 7/11 at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, pitching in relief and allowing 2H and 3ER in 0.2IP (1BB, 1K, 1HR) in the 7-5 International League win...was named "International League Pitcher of the Week" for the period from 7/23-29 (2-0. 0.00ERA, 12.2IP, 5H, 4BB, 11K, .122 opp. avg.)...Was returned and reinstated from the 60-day D.L. on 8/4 and started that day vs. Kansas City, recording a no-decision...surrendered his first Major-League home run to David DeJesus in the fifth inning...was the first home run he allowed in either the Majors or Minors in 2007, snapping a streak of 52.2 homerless innings (15.0IP Major Leagues, 37.2IP Minor Leagues)...also had an 0-for-23 stretch vs. opposing hitters (dating to his previous start at Texas) snapped by Joey Gathright's third inning double...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the second-longest streak by a Yankees pitcher this season (Chien-Ming Wang, 0-for-27, 4/29-5/5)...Recorded the win on 8/10 at Cleveland, allowing 4H and 1ER in 6.0IP...at 21 years, 48 days old, combined with RHP Joba Chamberlain (21 years, 322 days old) to become the youngest pair of Yankees pitchers to appear in the same game since 19-year-old Mike Jurewicz and 19-year-old Gil Blanco pitched in relief on 9/7/65 vs. Baltimore (G2)...Threw a season-high 106 pitches 6.0IP on 9/11 at Toronto...snapped a five-start winless stretch with his third victory of the season...Recorded his first career win at Yankee Stadium on 9/17 vs. Baltimore, allowing 2ER in 5.2IP (came in his sixth home start)...Recorded a no-decision on 9/22 vs. Toronto in a 12-11 Yankees victory in 10 innings...was the first of a Yankees franchise-record 10 pitchers used in the game...Tossed a season-high 7.0IP in his final start of the season in 9/27 win at Tampa Bay...Won his final three decisions in 2007 and the Yankees won his final five regular-season starts (9/5-27)...held opponents to 3ER or less in each of those starts...Was 3-0 in September and led Yankees starters with a 2.73 ERA (29.2IP, 9ER) for the month (ninth-best in the American League)...Was 4-1 with a 1.91 ERA in eight starts combined at Tampa, Trenton and Scranton/WB in 2007 (37.2IP, 21H, 9R, 8ER, 12BB, 42K)...allowed two earned runs or fewer in seven of his eight starts...Began the season with Triple-A Scranton/WB, going 2-1 with a 3.94 ERA in 3GS (16.0IP, 11H, 7ER, 4BB, 17K, 0HR) before having contract purchased by the Yankees on 4/25...Appeared in three Spring Training games for the Yankees in 2007, going 0-0 with a 7.71 ERA (4.2IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 6BB, 2K)...Entered the 2007 season ranked as the top right-handed pitching prospect throughout all of baseball by Baseball America...also ranked as the Yankees' No. 1 prospect for the second straight year and was rated as having the "Best Curveball" and "Best Control" among all Yankees farmhands.
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