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Zack McCalister? He's in low A right now and has always been deemed as a work in progress I thought.

"Scouts still believe Hughes is on a long-range path to success; but he’s making obvious mistakes with a fastball that’s been curiously anemic"

I don't think any scout would make a statement that dumb and I challenge Klapish to prove it. The mistake isn't made with his fastball dummy, the mistake is made the way he throws his fastball. Weak reporting there.

Or maybe that was a Yankee scout.

Anemic? His fastball was sitting at 93 and touching 94. You can't take these mediots serioiusly.

No one spouts more nonsense than Klapisch. My reaction to this -- maybe because this site has fifteen thousand posts on it -- is "zzzzzz." An anemic fastball? Did he notice how he was throwing it by hitters in that first inning?

And while the ESPN gun is jacked, the same gun that had Phil 93-94 had Dice-K 91. So either Dice-K was throwing 87-88 or the gun was fairly accurate.

The New York media is jusssst about to turn on Hughes and start calling him a bust. This based on a handful of starts from a 21-year-old. I know they haven't had a legit pitching prospect for a while, but maybe they should try to step back and chill out. Reactions from people like Steve and the now the media is why I almost thought it would be better if Phil HAD been traded to the Twins. There he could have made his mistakes and matured without having sixteen tons of sh-t dumped on his head in the process.

Hughes is still way too young to call him a bust. I was encouraged by the stuff he had last night. He just needs to get his command back and I think he will be alright.

We can't forget that there's only like one player younger than him in the majors right now. I think Justin Upton is the only one younger. If Hughes was to pitch the way Mussina has been lately 5-6 innings 3-4 runs then I think thats all we can ask. Anything more would just be icing on the cake.

Now is that going to be good enough to get to the playoffs? Basically having 3 Mussina's(Mussina, Hughes, Kennedy)? I'm not sure but all I can say is thank god for Wang.

That article is, for lack of a better term, a crock of shit. Yes, there are issues and concerns, but "an anemic fastball" is certainly not one of them. If freaking Joe Morgan could point out how much life Hughes's FB had especially compared to Dice-K's, than this "scout" should be able to notice that too.

Hughes's problem, as he basically states himself, is hi slack of control. The notion that he NEEDS another pitch (he actually has TWO other pitches) to succeed is ridiculous. There are lots of quite successful pitchers with two plus pitches, which he has when he has his control. YOu use the third pitch as a "show." I like how after three starts the jury is already out on Hughes. Freaking NY media and Yankee fans. How quick they forget Sept and Oct. of last year, and hell, even his first start!

Gameday had Hughes sitting at 93. That is the most accurate reading there is right now.

I still like Phil a lot as a prospect, though I appreciate Steve being willing to get out on the proverbial ledge and show us the downside. I'm glad that I saw his fastball hitting 93-94 last night. My only question is this: What happened to his control? I thought that was the best part of Phil from the minors; that he had a good K to BB ratio? What can we blame this on? Youth? Return from Injury? Nerves? Just a run of bad luck?

Certainly the calls I saw last night just sucked. Phil was around the plate more than the umpire would admit, that's for sure. I was frustrated with the lousy strike zone.

If Phil can regain steady control, I think he's going to be special (as long as he can also stay healthy).

Gameday? why don't you just turn on xbox. If the reading was valid scouts wouldn't carry radar guns. Do you actually think they like carrying that crap. Go play with your gameday and barbie.