Noah Hughes was rolling right along in his freshman season at Mississippi State.
The right-handed reliever was beginning to establish himself out of the Bulldogs’ bullpen over the first month-plus of the season until an injury and subsequent Tommy John surgery changed the course of his year completely.
“The week before I’d pitched against Georgia and my arm felt a little funny,” Hughes said. “It wasn’t really an elbow problem but the very first pitch against UT Martin I felt a little pop in my elbow. I pretty much knew right then and there what it was.