Hughes Making Progress at Class AAA

大帝在三Ａ持續進步中
By Tyler Kepner
Tags: Phil Hughes, Yankees
August 28, 2008, 7:04 pm

The Yankees have not forgotten about Phil Hughes, who started the season in the rotation but is now laboring for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. On Wednesday in Buffalo, Hughes worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and six hits, striking out seven with one walk. It followed two dismal starts that put into question whether Hughes would return in September.
洋基還沒有忘了大帝，這位本季一開始待在先發輪值表，現在卻在三ＡScranton/Wilkes-Barre的投手。星期三在Buffalo，大帝主投六又三分之一局，丟了兩分，被敲出六支安打，送出了七次三振與一次保送。在兩次令人感到沮喪的先發之後，大家都在懷疑大帝是否能夠在九月重返洋基，這場好表現像是一場及時雨。

Nardi Contreras, the organization’s pitching coordinator, traveled to Buffalo for the start. He showed Hughes video of his strong outings in 2007 and worked on mechanical adjustments.
球團的投手指導員Nardi Contreras特地為了大帝的這場先發飛到Buffalo。Contreras播放了大帝在2007年強力的投球表現給大帝他自己看，並且幫助大帝調整他的投球機制。

“He threw the ball hard,” Contreras said. “Threw the fastball for strikes and had a real good curveball. Real good changeup, mixed in a slider. He attacked the strike zone. They had (Josh) Barfield, Victor Martinez and (Tony) Graffanino in the lineup. He did well.”
「他投的很賣力，」Contreras說，「他用快速球搶好球數，而且擁有很好的曲球，不錯的變速球搭配上滑球，他持續攻擊好球帶，他們的打線擁有Josh Barfield、Victor Martinez and (Tony) Graffanino，他（大帝）做的很不錯。」

Contreras said Hughes topped out at 94 miles an hour and pitched regularly at 92. He would not say what adjustments he made to Hughes’ delivery, but he seemed to like the results.
Contreras指出大帝的最快球速來到了94 miles/hr，而且快速球經常維持在92 miles/hr左右。他（Contreras）並沒有說他替大帝做了哪些投球動作上的調整，但看起來，他似乎很滿意這樣的結果。

“He did well, and he had some success,” Contreras said. “He’s on his way.”
「他（大帝）做的很好，而且有一些不錯的進展。」Contreras說，「他漸漸步上軌道了。」

Not literally, Contreras meant. That is a call for General Manager Brian Cashman and Manager Joe Girardi, who will start adding players from the minors when rosters expand on Monday.
實際上，並不完全像是Contreras所說的那樣。最後的決定權還是在現金人和老吉手上，在下星期一，他們可以決定從小聯盟拉哪些人上來進入擴編名單當中。

News source：http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/hughes-making-progress-at-class-aaa/