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Gabriel Alexander Hughes (born August 22, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.
| Gabriel Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Colorado Rockies | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 22, 2001 Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
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 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.[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]
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.[23]
Hughes's grandfather, Donald, played in the minor leagues for the Detroit Tigers.[24] Hughes has five siblings, four of whom are adopted.[25]
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