<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>As he watched Phil Hughes pitch Sunday from his home in Connecticut, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman noticed that Hughes was not throwing as hard as usual. His fastballs were averaging 88 to 91 miles an hour, Cashman said, when they should have been 91 to 93. "I don't know why," Cashman said. "It's our job to continue to look and see if there's anything mechanically. He could still be just building arm strength from being down for so long. "It's starting to improve, though. His last two outings, he's been popping a few more high-velocity fastballs. But he's got more arm strength than he's shown lately. He's not coming at hitters with his full ability yet." Hughes has a 6.11 earned run average in five starts since coming off a three-month stay on the disabled list for hamstring and ankle injuries. -- NY Times</div></p> -Petey</p>
Do you remember his pre DL start?</p> He was gunning.</p> He can dial it up to 97, he should sit in 93-94.</p> I'm confident that with a summer with the big guys, and hopefully time with Clemens (It would be awesome if he decided to stick around and help the young guys, but not pitch).</p>
