{"playerId":1580,"percentChange":2.1,"averageDraftPosition":221.3,"percentOwned":11,"playerRaterSEASON":1,"playerRater7DAY":2.4,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Hughes picked up his fourth win of the season with a six-inning, five-hit, two-run performance Tuesday against Kansas City.","spin":"Hughes struck out seven and walked two, able to mostly scatter the seven total baserunners he allowed. His ERA is down to 4.94 for the season. Although he owns a stellar 46:13 K:BB ratio after the start, his flyball tendencies force us to reel in our expectations -- he owns a 31.1% ground ball rate on the season, meaning he's likely to give up fewer hits but more home runs.","date":"Tue May 22"},"fullName":"Phil Hughes","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"What a tumultuous career Hughes has endured this far. Regarded one of the very best prospects in baseball at the time of his April 26, 2007 big-league debut, Hughes has been tested as starter and reliever, tasted success and failure in each role, and as the 2012 season dawns he's not even promised a prominent role on the Yankees. You'd think him a natural choice for their rotation, but they've got six strong candidates for their five spots, and Hughes' diminishing fastball velocity -- his 91.2-mph average with his fastball in 2011 was more than a mile per hour slowed than in 2010 -- and lack of a lights-out pitch against lefties threaten to put him behind in a possible spring battle. On potential alone, Hughes probably warrants both the No. 5 rotation spot and a late-round selection in AL-only fantasy leagues. But his results have varied wildly, and any significant investment in him might amount to frustration.","seasonId":2012,"date":"Mon Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":3.8,"playerRater15DAY":3.9,"positionRank":85}