2009 statistics to date:

David Huff is a 6'2" 190 lbs. left-handed pitcher with the Columbus Clippers, the Cleveland Indians' AAA affiliate. IndiansProspectInsider.com has this to say about Huff:

History: Huff was a supplemental 1st round pick and the first player the Indians selected in the 2006 Draft out of UCLA.

Strengths & Opportunities: Coming out of college, Huff was often compared to Tom Glavine, Barry Zito and Jeremy Sowers. The comparisons to Zito not only came from his approach and repertoire, but Huff's coach at UCLA (John Savage) was also Zito's pitching coach at USC. Huff is a strike-thrower who has excellent command of his pitches. His fastball consistently clocks in at 88-91 MPH, and his changeup is a plus pitch and ranked one of the best in the country coming into the draft.

While he does not overpower hitters, he has unbelievable confidence in his fastball, and commands it well working it to both sides of the plate and to the corners on all four quadrants. He has the best fastball command in the entire system, and is a very polished pitcher. He is aggressive and attacks hitters, and he has a great, athletic delivery which deceives hitters and he repeats it well.

After experiencing soreness on the back of his elbow in late May, Huff was shutdown and it was discovered that he had a strained ligament in his throwing elbow. The Indians feel the injury may have lingered for most of the season as the elbow had been bothering Huff for some time, and they believe they caught the injury before it could get worse. While he only made 11 starts in Kinston last year, he pitched well and was in line for a quick callup to Akron. Huff made up for some of the lost work by pitching in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) this offseason where he went 1-1 with a 6.06 ERA in seven games and posted 15 strikeouts in 16.1 innings pitched. It should be noted the ERA is ballooned by two bad outings, as overall he was outstanding and scouts raved about him in his other appearances.

The above was written at the beginning of 2008, so much has changed - Huff turned in a great 2008, throwing 146 innings across two levels (AA-AAA) with a combined 0.8 hr/9, 8.8 k/9, and 1.8 bb/9 perhipherals, good for a 2.52 ERA and 0.964 WHIP.

Here's Huff in action against the Indianapolis Indians on April 15th (humorously enough, he gave up back-to-back triples against Andrew McCutchen and Brian Bixler before settling down):

You can hear my analysis of David Huff on the Indians Sunday Night Soundoff at 6 PM Pacific, 9 PM Eastern tonight! If you don't get a chance to hear the analysis, you will be able to download the show as a podcast when it's prepared.