If you had said before the season started that a New York Yankees pitcher would be having a Cy Young caliber season in June, you would have thought it would be CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, or maybe even Javier Vazquez.
You might have even thought it was Mariano Rivera.
But on June 9, it’s none of those Yankee pitchers. The pitcher that is having a Cy Young caliber season is Phil Hughes.
Hughes won his eighth game last night in a 12-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Hughes only gave up three of those runs while walking none and striking out four in six innings of work.
Hughes is now 8-1 on the season and leads the American League in wins. He is also in the top-1o in these categories:
ERA – 2.71 (6th)
WHIP – 1.09 (6th)
H/9 – 7.23 (6th)
K/9 – 8.79 (6th)
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Article written by Adam Bernacchio
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