Phil Hughes In Line For Two-Year Deal

[gotbeer]

Phil Hughes In Line For Two-Year Deal

 

 

A scout that King spoke with said that it would not be shocking to see Hughes land a $15MM guarantee on a two-year pact. 

 

 

According to King, teams with current interest in Hughes include his hometown Angels as well as the Twins, Mariners, and Royals.

 

 

 

[YouthofToday]

If be good with that.

[HaloCory22]

The piece!

[Second Base]

I'm one of the few that'd actually be fine with Phil Hughes joining our pitching staff.  He's a much better pitcher than his numbers in that launchpad in New York indicate.  Put him back home in So-Cal in a pitchers park and I think you'll see numbers as good as Vargas put up but with more K's.

 

The angels could likely afford taking a chance on a Phil Hughes type because Garrett Richards really has a shot at being so much more than a 5th starter.  In fact, I think he proved as a starter last year that he'll actually be a solid mid-rotation starter and not a back-end as so many predict.  

 

Having Phil Hughes and Garrett Richards as your #4 and 5 starters would be quit dynamic.  Still, it wouldn't change the fact that the Angels still need another #2/3 starter and they won't be finding anyone parting ways with those for Kendrick, which almost forces the Angels to spend money for a Garza, Kuroda and Tanaka type.  

[tdawg87]

Meh. I'd be ok with him as the number 5. He's been better away from NY but over his career his road numbers are still nothing special.

[Docwaukee]

someone will offer him 3 years.  If the Halos could get him for two years 15mil, that would actually be a reasonable deal.  I think he could put up a low 4's era outside of Yankee stadium.

 

I'd actually be fine with him as our fifth starter if we could get Tanaka as well and then spend the money on another reliever

 

Then I'd trade Trumbo for a big upside AA/AAA guy who is near major league ready as well as a pen arm and/or additional prospects.

 

Sign Hart as a DH. 

[Tyler]

I'm in favor of 2 years $15 Million for Phil Hughes. Weaver-Wilson-Howie Trade-Hughes-Richards would be a respectable rotation.

[Ray McKigney]

If Blanton got 2 years/15mil, why would Phil Hughes get any less?

Edited November 28, 2013 by Ray McKigney

[SoWhat]

I'd be on board with this as long as we sign Tanaka, and trade for a young arm that is close to major league ready. I'd rather have a young arm over Williams as a fallback option just in case Hughes falters.

[Docwaukee]

he gave up 7 hrs on the road and 17 at home.  10 of his homers at home were to the short porch in RF and less than 350ft. 

 

think about the mental advantage that would give him knowing a routine fly out to RF wouldn't result in a hr.  Thats why I think there was such a huge discrepancy between his home/away splits from last year.

 

The more I look at bringing this guy in on reasonable deal, the more I like it. 

 

He might be able to give us a sub 4 era for about 8mil per.  That is tremendous value. 

 

This guy is not Joe Blanton.  He's got good velocity on his fastball that has been fairly consistent.

 

Also something to notice from last year - he threw his slider way more than in previous years.  If he goes back to his normal ratio of Cu, Ch, Fa, I think this guy can be very productive. 

[Brent Maguire]

His 1.95 HR/9 rate at home would significantly drop with a move to Angels Stadium. 2/15 would be fine by me as he is a great buy low candidate.

[Taylor]

His 1.95 HR/9 rate at home would significantly drop with a move to Angels Stadium. 2/15 would be fine by me as he is a great buy low candidate.

 

Didn't we sign Blanton under practically the same premise?

[Docwaukee]

He kinda reminds me of a lesser version of Richards in terms of stuff. 

 

Has very good not great stuff.  Doesn't locate well.  Probably some mechanics issues where he falls out. 

 

Butcher will fix him

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I would actually really like that signing. Like others have said, I think in a pitcher's park, his numbers would look better. 

[Stradling]

Didn't we sign Blanton under practically the same premise?

Yea except Hughes is younger with better stuff.

[jshep]

I would still want to add a better pitcher as well, but I wouldn't mind Hughes at all.

Edited November 28, 2013 by jshep

[Docwaukee]

Yea except Hughes is younger with better stuff.

 

 

We signed blanton under the premise that he would suck a slight bit less because of improved defense around him and pitching in a pitchers park but his suck transcended. 

 

Hughes is really coming off of a recent poor season.  2010 and 2012 he was decent and 2011 he didn't pitch much due to injury. 

 

Hughes is actually a good pitcher at times.  Blanton really never was. 

Getting him for his age 28-30 seasons is best case scenario of when to get a guy. 

[Corona]

I'm on board with this.

[Angelsjunky]

Count me in on Hughes as our 4th starter. Then we have:

 

Weaver

Wilson

Tanaka/Garza/trade from Kendrick

Hughes

Richards

 

Both Hughes and Richards have a good chance to out-perform their projections.

[Stradling]

If he's offered two years and 15 million from some team other than the Angels, I wonder what he would sign for here being close to home.

[Docwaukee]

I actually figured hughes was gonna get a similar deal to Nolasco because of his age.  That was my main reason for not wanting him. 

 

There are risks here mind you as we would be relying on yet another guy to rebound and provide quality innings. 

 

The upside is that it doesn't appear injury related but environment related.

[Angels]

Meh. He wouldn't be a terrible option at the back of the rotation, but I would like to see the Angels set their sights higher than Phil Hughes.

[Stradling]

Ill get murdered for this but sign Garza, sign Hughes and go all in for Tanaka. If you can't get him then you include Richards, Trumbo or Whoever for Price.

[tennischmp]

Already have a 5th starter, Pass

[Docwaukee]

I would be more in favor of Hughes than a longer, more expensive deal for Arroyo.  I feel like hughes has more upside and you could get significantly more value from him. 

 

I am calling it now.  Hughes will pitch like a #3 next year.  200ip.  3.7era if the halos sign him.