Hughes notches first quality start since September 26 as Yanks beat Jays 7-2

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1. T.O. Chris says:

   July 17, 2011 at 4:53 pm

   On thing I noted was that his fastball velocity really decreased as the game went along. He hit 93 several times in the first 2 innings, but by the 4th was throwing as low as 88, and was sitting at 90. Not an earth shattering decrease, but something to keep an eye on going forward for sure.

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   • S says:

     July 17, 2011 at 6:36 pm

     the 88 mph were cutters, his 4 seamer did hit 90 a few times but for the most part it was 91-93.

     I don’t think we’ll see him living in the 92-94 mph range with his four seamer this year (I just think that now that he has moved on passed the “dead arm” phase he really needs the type of rest that will only be possible in the offseason)

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     • T.O. Chris says:

       July 17, 2011 at 6:46 pm

       Most of them certainly were cutters, but I noticed more than a couple of pitches at 88-89 MPH that certainly weren’t. Or they were cutters with simply no movement on them at all. The cutters had a noticeable movement on them, and they went as low as 86.

       I also don’t re-call a single 93 MPH after the 3rd inning. He lost the ability to get that high, and started living in the 89-91 MPH area.

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       • S says:

         July 17, 2011 at 7:06 pm

         they were cutters, some were flatter than others ( Hughes’ cutter is always been susceptible to flattening out) gameday, and brooksbaseball seem to agree those were cutters (his cutter has always sat at 88-89mph and today it did top out at 90.6 mph)

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         • T.O. Chris says:

           July 17, 2011 at 7:12 pm

           Then he threw exclusively cutters in one or two innings, and was throwing them at the top of the zone. Because he had innings where he never went above 91, and dropped as low as 86. At the very least his velocity did drop as the game went along, this isn’t debatable. He started out throwing as high as 93, and that disappeared after the 3rd. Topping out at 91 from the 5-6th.

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           • S says:

             July 17, 2011 at 7:26 pm

             those were 4 seamers, he only threw on or two that topped out at that 90.6. Like I said gameday and brooksbrothers both agree those 88-89 were cutters,

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             • T.O. Chris says:

               July 17, 2011 at 7:32 pm

               So what are we arguing here?

               My whole point was that he lost velocity as the game went along, and got to the point where he was topping out at 91, and living at 90. I find it hard to say “for the most part he was 91-93″, when after the 3rd he never hit 93 again, and was hitting 90 as often as he was 91.
2. Steve S. says:

   July 17, 2011 at 5:44 pm

   Phil looked much better today. Hitters were missing or fouling off his fastball instead of squaring everything up like they did earlier this year and in his first start back. He was efficient and his curve looked terrific and he threw it for strikes.

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   July 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm

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