Strong to... quite strong?

Okayyyy... the Yankees submitted a thoroughly shitty performance, highlighted by Torre batting DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ in the TWO SLOT. Nope, no typo there. But let's look at Phil Hughes' line:
4.1IP 7H 4ER 1BB 5K (90 Pitches)

Showing signs of adrenaline and nerves in the first, he allowed two runs on a Rios single and stolen base, a MAMMOTH double by Wells (probably the worst pitch he threw all night) and a single by Thomas. In between those scoring plays, however, he struck out Adam Lind HANDILY on an elevated fastball. He also retired Overbay and Hill on groundouts to end the inning.
He opened the second with two straight strikeouts, Smith on an elevated fastball and Jason Phillips on a narsty-looking curve. I think this is where we started to see how he is capable of overpowering hitters.

My thoughts are that (1) even though he was hamstrung by his pitchcount, he went after each hitter very aggressively, only walking one batter (Overbay in the top of the 4th). (2) His preference is to get two strikes with low fastballs at 90-92 on the corners and curveballs, then elevate and dial up his fastball to 95-96 for the K. (3) His mechanics out of the stretch are strikingly similar to maybe the best pitcher of all time, Roger Clemens. (As YES pointed out, but I SWEAR I thought of it first)... EXCEPT for one crucial point.
The Rocket has been able to have a career that will most likely go into his 23rd major league season primarily due to his remarkable training regimen AND perfect mechanics. Due to his early career shoulder injury, Clemens altered his mechanics to take much of the stress of pitching off of his arm by strengthening his trunk and generating his arm speed with his tremendous legs. Every pitcher does this to varying degrees, except Mark Redman (who has the worst mechanics in major league baseball), but Clemens turned it into an art form. Hughes, while resembling the Rocket's mechanics, does not fully extend his back leg and get the full "push" off the rubber that Clemens does. What does this mean for his future development? I have no idea. There doesn't appear to be much injury history, but then again the Yankees have brought him along so slowly, he hasn't had the opportunity to get hurt. His velocity is consistent, except when he needs extra, so perhaps that is when the maximum effort will be obtained from his legs.
Overall? This was impressive just to see a Yankee rookie not walk the goddamned ballpark. I truly think Hughes' K numbers will be maintained in the bigs, since his stuff and feel for it was demonstrated clearly, even without the clear cut results you'd like.

HAIL HUGHES!

-RJ