Английская Википедия:Gabriel Hughes

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography Gabriel Alexander Hughes (born August 22, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Amateur career

Hughes attended Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian, Idaho. In 2018, his junior year, he had a 7–1 win–loss record with a 1.84 earned run average (ERA) and 59 strikeouts while batting .461. He was named the Idaho Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year.[1] As a senior in 2019, he went 7–1 with a 0.95 ERA and 65 strikeouts alongside batting .365 with seven home runs and was named the Idaho Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for the second straight season.[2][3] That summer, he played in the West Coast League for the Bellingham Bells.[4] Unselected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Gonzaga University to play college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

As a freshman at Gonzaga in 2020, Hughes posted a 0.77 ERA with 13 strikeouts over Шаблон:Fraction innings before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] He spent the summer playing in the Northwoods League for the Great Lakes Resorters.[6] In 2021, as a redshirt freshman, he started ten games and went 4–3 with a 3.23 ERA and 67 strikeouts over Шаблон:Fraction innings while also starting 31 games at first base, batting .247 with three home runs.[7] His season ended early after breaking a knuckle while batting.[8] That summer, he was selected to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[9] Hughes entered the 2022 season as a preseason All-American and Gonzaga's number one starter.[10][11][12] He also switched his focus solely to pitching after being a two-way player in previous seasons.[13][14] He started 15 games over the course of the season and went 8–3 with a 3.21 ERA and 138 strikeouts over 98 innings.[15] Following the season's end, he traveled to San Diego where he participated in the Draft Combine.[16]

Professional career

The Colorado Rockies selected Hughes in the first round with the tenth overall selection of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[17] He signed with the team for $4 million.[18] He made his professional debut with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Single-A California League with whom he made one appearance, pitching three scoreless innings.[19] To open the 2023 season, Hughes was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A Northwest League.[20] In early June, he was promoted to the Hartford Yard Goats of the Double-A Eastern League.[21] In July, it was announced Hughes would be undergoing Tommy John surgery, thus ending his season.[22] Over 14 starts between the two teams, he went 6–5 with a 6.21 ERA and 83 strikeouts over Шаблон:Fraction innings.[23]

Personal life

Hughes's grandfather, Donald, played in the minor leagues for the Detroit Tigers. [24] Hughes has five siblings, four of whom are adopted.[25]

References

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External links

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Шаблон:2022 MLB Draft Шаблон:Colorado Rockies first-round draft picks