Breaking Down Hughes’ Delivery
May 1, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Personalities, Stats and Analysis
New York Yankees uberprospect Philip Hughes made his big-league debut last week. It didn’t go so well, but that happens. What’s fascinating is this breakdown of Hughes’ delivery by Carlos Gomez at The Hardball Times (full disclosure: I contribute to THT).
In a nutshell, Carlos looks at video of Hughes as a minor leaguer last year and compares it side-by-side with video from his Yankees debut. Carlos mixes in some still shots so we can see where Hughes is during various points of his windup.
Among many other things, Carlos has determined that Hughes’ arm slot is a little higher this season …read more
