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Phil Hughes First Major League Start THURSDAY!!

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Phil Hughes First Major League Start THURSDAY!! 

Post#1 » by Jitpal » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:43 pm

Just heard it on the Michael Kay show. Phil Hughes is coming up and will start on thursday against the Jays. -Jitpal
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Post#2 » by cmaff051 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:45 pm

Nice!!!

Can't wait to see.
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Post#3 » by Slamm Goodbody » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:52 pm

Beat me to it. I gotta try to trade in my rainout tickets to this game on Thursday. Hopefully, Hughes responds well at the next level.
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Post#4 » by Bleeding Green » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:10 pm

It's about time for the Phil Hughes show to start. He's their best starter.

Too bad he's not starting in the Red Sox series.
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Post#5 » by cmaff051 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:13 pm

Bleeding Green wrote:It's about time for the Phil Hughes show to start. He's their best starter.

Too bad he's not starting in the Red Sox series.


:crazy: :crazy: We don't appreciate the disrespect.

Phil might be our best starter down the road, but we have three very good starters in Mussina, Wang and Pettitte who might be just as good as Hughes when he first comes up.
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Post#6 » by Bleeding Green » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:22 pm

That's nice, but it's still true. He's probably the best pitcher in the AL East right now assuming Roy Halladay gets injured in a couple weeks.
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Post#7 » by ccvle » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:23 pm

Im actually surprised to see hughes so early in the season, especially we have wang and karsten back and mussina soon.
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Post#8 » by cmaff051 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:47 pm

For those who don't know about Phil Hughes

6'5 235 pound right hander
profiles as an innings eater down the line (huge legs, calves, lower body)
great fastball (explodes out of the hand) in the 92-94 mph range
he can get the fastball up to about 95-96 occasionally
devestating curveball - 12-6 break... a very very good strikeout pitch
outstanding command - think Curt Schilling, command is calling card
developing changeup - potential to be an above average pitch

As for comparisions, when I saw him, he reminded me of Mark Prior. You can see some Curt Schilling in him too.

Has the potential to be a bonafide shutdown ace in the mold of Oswalt, that's why we are so excited about him.
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Post#9 » by Pharmcat » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:10 pm

:bowdown: :bowdown:

now get Clemens too so that we dont have to throw out garbage on the mound when we play the Red Sox again
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Post#10 » by theknicks414 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:20 pm

he's ready

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Post#11 » by PR07 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:53 pm

If we really think he's ready, we should pitch him because right now we're running out of options. Looking forward to seeing the results though...
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Post#12 » by xNewYorkMadex » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:03 am

Oh boy

Hopefully he pitches well or the media will be be on his ass
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Post#13 » by VinnyTheMick » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:10 am

I envision disaster. He pitches bad & he never gets over it. I pray to sweet GOD that I'm wrong.
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Post#14 » by Squirrel Boy » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:40 am

Oh yay. Let's not get this over our heads. He's only 20. He can **** up.
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Post#15 » by NYKnSTILL! » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:42 am

What !!! when was this announced , I was at the gym for 5 hrs. when did this happen ?
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Post#16 » by nykgeneralmanager » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:56 am

It comes down to one thing...the organization wouldn't even CONSIDER bringing him up this early in the season if they weren't 100% he was ready. If they didn't care about that then he would've been brought up before Wright or Karstens. Obviously his changeup will need to continue to develop, but he was able to dominate with it his last start, so I guess that convinced the organization that it is go time.

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Post#17 » by 34Celtic » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:33 pm

xTheHunterx wrote:Oh boy

Hopefully he pitches well or the media will be be on his ass


Do you really think so? Or do you think they will be on the organizations ass for hiring a new strength coach who cant keep pitchers hamstring muscles attached. Or on the organizations ass for rushing a 20 year old KID to the majors?
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Post#18 » by throwbackewing33 » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:37 pm

Wang
Clemens
Petitte
Mussina
Hughes

Thats a pretty strong starting 5 if Clemens decides to come back next month. Hell even from June on, this rotation will make up for the hell that has been our April
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Post#19 » by throwbackewing33 » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:47 pm

How do you think hughes will do against a strong bluejay lineup. realistically i see him having problems thrusday. Hopefully we still win but Phil will have a tough night, you have to remember how young he is. Hopefully they keep him in the rotation because he can definitly help us.
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Post#20 » by Jitpal » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:42 pm

I just cleared out my schedule for this one. -Jitpal

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