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Baseball player
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.
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[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 13+ 2 ⁄3 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 61+ 1 ⁄3 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.
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[12] He also switched his focus solely to pitching after being a two-way player in previous seasons.
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[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.
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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 66+ 2 ⁄3 innings.
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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.
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References
^ Lycklama, Michael (June 12, 2018).
"Junior 'dual threat' named Idaho's best high school baseball player" .
Idaho Statesman .
^ Walton, Brandon (June 6, 2019).
"BASEBALL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Gabriel Hughes, Rocky Mountain" .
The Idaho Press .
^ Allsop, Dani (May 23, 2019).
"Rocky Mountain senior Gabe Hughes wins second Gatorade Player of the Year award" .
KTVB .
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"Knights baseball: Corvallis signs Gonzaga star" .
Corvallis Gazette-Times . November 13, 2019.
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"2021 West Coast Conference College Baseball Preview" .
Baseball America . February 5, 2021.
^ Atnip, Jake (July 3, 2020).
"Resorters rout Dune Bears for franchise's first win" .
Traverse City Record-Eagle .
^ Pontes, Geoff (January 31, 2021).
"Future Four: High-Slot College Righthanders To Know (Vol. 4)" .
Baseball America .
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" "Simply a competitor": Gonzaga pitcher Gabriel Hughes emerging as star" .
KREM . April 4, 2022.
^ Gilbert, Connor (July 3, 2021).
"GU's Hughes Makes First Appearance for U.S. Collegiate National Team" . Gonzaga Bulldogs Athletics .
^
"Locally: Gonzaga pitching duo Gabriel Hughes, William Kempner named to preseason All-America team" .
The Spokesman-Review . January 25, 2022.
^ Conmy, Tommy (February 15, 2022).
"Gabriel Hughes brings the heat as the Bulldogs' right-hand man" .
The Gonzaga Bulletin .
^ Sommerfeld, Seth (March 31, 2022).
"After months of elite-level play on the road, Gonzaga baseball comes home to make a College World Series push" .
Inlander .
^ Reed, Justin (February 17, 2022).
"Gonzaga baseball, picked to finish first in WCC, to rely on defense in 2022" .
Yakima Herald-Republic .
^ Green, Travis (April 4, 2022).
"Pitcher Gabriel Hughes' star continues to rise in Gonzaga" .
KREM .
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"Gonzaga pitcher Gabriel Hughes named to Collegiate Baseball All-American first team | the Spokesman-Review" .
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"Everything you need to know: Draft Combine" .
MLB.com .
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"Rockies select RHP Hughes 10th overall" .
MLB.com .
^
Idaho Statesman (subscription required)
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"Pebble Report: Fresno Grizzlies fall short in CAL championship, Brenton Doyle impresses in Triple-A debut" . September 26, 2022.
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"Where the Rockies' Top 30 prospects are starting season" .
MLB.com .
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https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jun/07/former-gonzaga-pitcher-gabriel-hughes-promoted-fro/
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38065120/rockies-say-hughes-vargas-cox-join-senzatela-elbow-setbacks
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https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/rockies-gabriel-hughes-undergoing-tommy-john-surgery/
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"Gabriel Hughes – Baseball" . Gonzaga Bulldogs Athletics .
^ Villa, Walter (March 18, 2022).
"GSA Spotlight: Gonzaga's Gabriel Hughes" . USA Baseball .
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