{"id":809561,"date":"2016-05-12T19:07:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T23:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c8f.efa.myftpupload.com\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2016-05-12T19:07:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T23:07:58","slug":"sign-things-come-tony-watson-jared-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/sign-things-come-tony-watson-jared-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"A sign of things to come for Tony Watson and Jared Hughes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jared Hughes and Tony Watson both had scoreless outings. Is this a sign of things to come?<\/h2>\n<p>There has been much consternation regarding the beleaguered Pirates bullpen so far this year, and much of the concern revolves around former lockdown pitchers <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/caminar01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-piratesbreakdown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arquimedes Caminero<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/watsoto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-piratesbreakdown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tony Watson<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hugheja02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-piratesbreakdown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jared Hughes<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Watson and Hughes each pitched an inning of scoreless relief in Wednesday\u2019s game against the Reds and both looked decidedly sharper than previous outings (Caminero did not appear).\u00a0 Is this a sign of things to come or just a positive blip in an otherwise mediocre performance?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with Hughes.\u00a0 Hughes returned from a left lat muscle strain on May 1 and has since pitched in 5 games.\u00a0 In the latest outing versus the Reds, he came on in the 7th inning and promptly beaned <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duvalad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-piratesbreakdown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adam Duvall<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Duvall was subsequently caught stealing which meant he didn\u2019t score when backup catcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barnhtu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-piratesbreakdown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tucker Barnhart<\/a><\/strong> hit a triple.\u00a0 That by itself doesn\u2019t sound like a great outing, however, Hughes also fanned two batters on nasty swing-and-miss pitches and generally showed a command of his pitches that we haven\u2019t seen from him thus far.\u00a0 His sinker often came in at or below the batter\u2019s knees with a little more drop than previous outings.\u00a0 Even when Hughes hit Duvall, he was actually executing an inside-out pitching sequence and just got a little too high and tight with a fastball.\u00a0 His pitches were located much lower in the strike zone and when Hughes is able to throw low strikes, good things happen. \u00a0\u00a0With all of that said, there doesn\u2019t appear to be any major change to Hughes\u2019 approach, so it is premature to say anything other than Hughes had a good night.<\/p>\n<p>Watson came on to pitch the 8th inning as he\u2019s done so many times before.\u00a0 He had an uneventful three-up, three-down inning on 12 pitches and 3 ground ball outs.\u00a0 It was a perfect script for a Tony Watson inning.\u00a0 What was different about last night for Watson was that many of his sinkers were located lower, and has less vertical drop, than in previous outings where he was hit hard.\u00a0 Perhaps he is backing off just a bit and getting better results.\u00a0 For Watson, the lower the pitch, the higher the whiff rate and the better the results.\u00a0 If he is, in fact, trading off some of the bite of the pitch for better control, then it can be argued that it is a sustainable change and can have a sustainable effect.\u00a0 This bodes well for his future appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes and Watson will definitely appear in the important Cubs series this weekend.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see if Watson continues trading off better location for less movement on his sinking pitches.\u00a0 If so, he should be rewarded with more ground ball outs.\u00a0 For Hughes, maybe this is that magic point in time where he steadies his control and can start consistently throwing sinkers at or below the knees.\u00a0 If so, then he will likely regain his 2015 form.\u00a0 If not, we could still see inconsistent results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Hughes and Tony Watson both had scoreless outings. 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