Hughes wants to use familiarity as advantage

Reds ink Hughes to two-year pact GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Reliever Jared Hughes spent the entirety of a Major League career that began in 2011 pitching for teams in the National League Central. While with the Pirates and the Brewers, and having his teams facing Cincinnati 18-19 times season, Hughes developed his own scouting reports on Reds hitters.

Now that he's with the Reds, following the signing of his two-year, $4.5 million contract in December, Hughes has been in camp sharing what he knows and trying to learn what his new teammates had on him.

One of the first players Hughes sought out was speedster Billy Hamilton to learn how runners on first base know when to run against him. He figured why…