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Originally Posted by Jayhawk Bill
Limiting discussion to the twenty pitchers BP PECOTA considers most comparable to Phil Hughes at his age entering 2008, Bob Moose, Gary Nolan, Jim Palmer, Storm Davis, Bill Gullickson, Carlos Zambrano, Britt Burns, Dennis Eckersley and Don Drysdale made it to age 25 without any big setbacks, IMO. The other eleven did have struggles, IMO...that's about a 50-50 mix.
Hughes is struggling in 2008. It's early, but it's tough completely turning around an 0-3 record with an 8.82 ERA in one's first four starts. I'd be a little less critical than Gom here, but I'm I lot less confident than you're being, 26 to 6. Hughes isn't panning out the way many successful first-round highly touted picks do...at least not yet.  |
You can't look at what he's done this year and ignore how well he did last year, especially in his 2 starts before his injury. And he was pretty good when he came back. I understand what you're saying, but it's too early to say one way or the other regarding Phil. But again, it's not fair to get down on him for his struggles thus far and completely disregard how well he pitched last year when he came up. We need more time before we can get on him like that.