Twins agree to a 3 year, $42 million extenion with Phil Hughes

[AmishDave]

Love the deal. At least they've got their 'top' 3 pitchers for the next few years. Hopefully Kyle Gibson can continue and step up to make it a solid, not spectacular, top 4.

 

[TGutta]

As a Twins fan I like this deal. If he can keep up what he did last season then we definitely got a good deal. Hopefully Nolasco can turn things around this year and be possible trade bait down the line. By September I would love to see a rotation of Hughes, Santana, Gibson, Meyer, Berrios.

 

[maxe0213]

Gotta hope Hughes can keep it going. Seems a bit premature IMO. If he can it'll be a good deal but I would expect some sort of regression.

 

[u2me57]

Nice move by the Twins.

 

[zach]

While I realize he's not the same pitcher he was while with the Yanks, I still can't help but feel that it's a lot of money for him.

 

[gmsieb]

Hughes should continue to be a solid 3-4 starter. Yankee stadium is a tough place to pitch and he and joba had huge pressure put on them to be saviors and it seams to have been to much for both.

 

[maxe0213]

While I realize he's not the same pitcher he was while with the Yanks, I still can't help but feel that it's a lot of money for him.

This x 10

 

[tpeichel]

While I realize he's not the same pitcher he was while with the Yanks, I still can't help but feel that it's a lot of money for him.

These pitching moves haven't seemed to work out very well for the Twins recently.

 

[lisu]

If you look at what other middle tier pitchers are being paid, then this deal isn't so bad. The Giants are paying Jake Peavy similar money.

 

[WCTYSON]

If you look at what other middle tier pitchers are being paid, then this deal isn't so bad. The Giants are paying Jake Peavy similar money.

Agreed. I think people forget he is just going to be in his 29 year old season next year, it seems he has been around for a while. Last season was his first over 200 innings. While last season is not a fair sample going forward, if he can put in that amount of work he will be a solid value going forward.