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At one point Joba was their big prospect, their ace of the future. Then Came the "Joba rules" and he was placed on strict pitch counts and days of rest which ended up making him more fragile and he became conditioned down to a point that he's now nothing but a relief pitcher. Hughes can't go longer than 7 innings or 95-100 pitches. Pitch counts are fine in the beginning of development to build a pitcher up but they must continue to be built upon and allowed to be let off the leash, so to speak, as they mature.
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