Phil Hughes > CC Sabathia

elmalo said:

He got out of Yankee Stadium and the A.L East. Flyball pitchers dont do well in those parks. He wouldnt be doing this well if he was still on the Yankees.

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maxe0213 said:

+1000. He always looked okay, but mistakes in Yankee Stadium are typically home runs because of the small stadium as well as the other East stadiums. He now gets to play in lots of BIG parks where the mistakes are just fly balls.

He also gets to play against the AL Central all the time (one of the weaker divisions IMO).

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TGutta said:

I think it has more to do with him being off of the Yankees rather than playing in the AL Central. And the argument could be made that the AL East is weaker than the AL Central this year, every team in the AL Central has a winning record against teams in the AL East. That includes the last place Twins taking 2 out of 3 on the road against the 1st place Blue Jays. Hughes stats against AL East opponents this year:

vs. BAL
1-0, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2.48 ERA

vs. BOS
0-0, 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 1.50 ERA

vs. NYY
1-0, 8 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 2.25 ERA

vs. TOR
1-1, 12 IP, 15 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 16 K, 3.00 ERA

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TGutta said:

I think it has more to do with him being off of the Yankees rather than playing in the AL Central. And the argument could be made that the AL East is weaker than the AL Central this year, every team in the AL Central has a winning record against teams in the AL East. That includes the last place Twins taking 2 out of 3 on the road against the 1st place Blue Jays. Hughes stats against AL East opponents this year:

vs. BAL
1-0, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2.48 ERA

vs. BOS
0-0, 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 1.50 ERA

vs. NYY
1-0, 8 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 2.25 ERA

vs. TOR
1-1, 12 IP, 15 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 16 K, 3.00 ERA

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maxe0213 said:

Where were those games played? If they were all played at twins stadium I would assume that helped his stats and didn't matter if it was the east. I would assume that by the end of the year his road stats in the east ball parks will be comparable to his normal career averages and his stats against everyone else will be much better.

Lower competition, bigger ballparks, less stressful market, etc. recipe for success for Hughes.

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yrocks2001 said:

The Yankees game was in NY and one of the Toronto games was in Toronto. The rest were at home. He has a 4.25 home era and a 2.03 away ERA on the year.

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