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Originally Posted by One Red Seat
Wrong. It was Papelbon that got compared to Clemens.
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He's right. Papelbon was the future Clemens, Lester was just a great prospect.
Hughes isn't considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball for no good reason. He was on yesterday until he got hurt.
The sample size in effect until he does it over a prolonged period (more than one season) and before you call me out I've said that about Red Sox and other players too.
The minors are filled with top pitching prospects who never panned out. Even Lester started off 5 or 6 or 7 and 0 before coming back to earth a bit.