Would Phil Hughes be a fit in Minnesota (USATSI)
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The Twins fresh off their signing of Ricky Nolasco may now be targeting free agent right hander Phil Hughes a source tells Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com. CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman earlier reported that Hughes was of interest to Minnesota.
Hughes a 27 year old Yankees lifer is coming off a 2013 season in which he posted a 5.19 ERA (78 ERA ) and 1.46 WHIP in 145 2/3 innings of work. For his career he's pitched to a 4.54 ERA (95 ERA ) and 2.68 K/BB across 182 games 132 of which have been starts.
The appeal of Hughes in addition to his relative youth is that he has good stuff and seems ripe to improve outside hitter friendly Yankee Stadium. For instance consider that over his career opponents have batted .269/.321/.481 against Hughes in new Yankee Stadium. On the road however they've hit just .245/.306/.384. Along those same lines of the 112 homers Hughes has allowed in his career 76 have come at home.
Considering that Target Field has played as a roughly neutral environment in recent seasons it would almost certainly provide Hughes with a more accommodating environment. From the Twins' standpoint they still need help in the rotation if they're going to be relevant in 2014.
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