Phil Hughes, is it just me ...

[K_ick_God]

... or were his mechanics very different from when he pitched last year? He appeared to be short-arming the ball.

[Jitpal]

He had two different deliveries last year. One before the hamstring injury and one after. If I remember correctly he came into camp this year with the one before the hamstring injury. Then once he broke his rib, he compensated. When he came back he still had that compensated delivery and then Nardi Contreras helped him bring it back to where it was.

Plus last night, he had guys on so he was probably shortening up his delivery and going from the stretch rather than the full wind-up. -Jitpal