Jump to content

Some info on Yankees # 1 draft pick in 2004- Philip Hughes


faba

Recommended Posts

Baseball America's Daily Dish

Complete Daily Dish Archive

Compiled by Kevin Goldstein, Chris Kline and Matt Meyers

May 31, 2005

LAKEWOOD, N.J.--Philip Hughes is one of the youngest players in the South Atlantic League, but there hasn't been much of a transition from high school to pro ball for the 18-year-old righthander.

Hughes, the Yankees' first-round pick last year out of Foothill High in Santa Ana, Calif., is 5-1, 1.66 with 55 strikeouts in 49 innings at low Class A Charleston. The 6-foot-5, 220-pounder features a power 90-94 mph fastball with good late life, hard slider and a changeup that is much improved since he started three games in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League last year.

We caught up with Hughes to talk about the pressures of being a first-rounder, missing time in the GCL last year after kicking a door and his favorite team growing up--the Red Sox.

On being drafted in the first round by the Yankees: It

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...