Hellboy Cometh.....to Durham

by FreeZorilla on Jul 24, 2009 11:17 PM EDT

The recently promoted 22 year old Jeremy Hellickson made his debut Friday night in a 3-2 victory over the Norfolk Tides. Hellickson picked up the win going 6 innings, striking out 6 while walking 3. He allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, one of which was a double.

If you read between the lines, it was a better performance than the stat line indicates. Hellickson peppered the zone with 71 of 103 pitches going for strikes. 15 of those strikes were of the swing and miss variety. He also worked ahead of 18 of the 27 hitters he faced.

68.9% strikes

14.6% Swinging Strikes

66.7% F-Strike%

Yes sir.

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WHo do you like more, Hell-boy or D-Wade?

by Raymondo on Jul 24, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions

Hellboy

Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.

by P Brady on Jul 24, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Davis

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by Imperialism32 on Jul 24, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I just can't deal witht the walks when Hellboy keeps putting out insane K/BBs

Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.

by P Brady on Jul 24, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I would guess we had scouts in Durham tonight

and I know it is just one start but Hellickson pitching well may help in getting AF to pull the trigger on sending Davis to Cleveland.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 24, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I've seen Davis live and on TV and tonight watched Hellickson on TV

while it was just 1 start I would rate Hellickson slightly above Davis right now, although Davis has a higher upside because his pure stuff is better but Hellickson has better command and control of his pitches.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 24, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Umm

Anybody got a scouting report on Hell-boy? Also want to know his potential as a starter?

Come ON Pat the Bust, Navi can not have more homers than you

by 4QB on Jul 24, 2009 11:29 PM EDT reply actions

Here is RaysProspects #3 Pitching Prospect Profile

http://www.raysprospects.com/2009/03/top-15-pitchers-3-jeremy-hellickson.html

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by FreeZorilla on Jul 24, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Mussina and Tim Hudson (w/o the fastball sink) are two thrown out there.

by R.J. Anderson on Jul 24, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Tim Hudson would be a good comparison to what I saw

by Dbullsfan on Jul 24, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions

And Davis comps to Meche.

by R.J. Anderson on Jul 24, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I posted a small review in the GDT but here is a recap

Hellickson stuff was really good tonight, nearly all of his fastballs were down in the zone with movement and sat around 92 for most of the night. His curveball was very nice, not as bendy as Niemann’s but he seemed to have command of it when he needed it and got some nice swinging strikes with it. For the whole game I saw maybe 2 hard hit balls (fair/foul) off of him as it seemed like Norfolk couldn’t square up anything which leads me to believe the movement may have been even better than I could see (AAA tv broadcast not great) 2-3 of the hits he gave up could/should have been outs but poor judgement in CF led to balls dropping in in front of and beside Ruggiano. Needless to say I came away very impressed, while he didn’t have the lights out stuff Price/Davis have shown at time he looked very poised and was better than even I imagined.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 24, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks for the recap

I can’t wait to watch the game. MILB.TV doesn’t have it on archive yet.

Durham’s rotation is getting exciting again.

by Tamparays01 on Jul 24, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions

yea I know, I'm moving to Arizona in a couple weeks and I'm going to miss not only going to games

but watching them on tv.

assuming we keep Davis
Davis, Hellickson, Hernandez, Sonny, and Cromer is pretty solid

by Dbullsfan on Jul 24, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Ruggiano was very lazy in CF last night as you mentioned.

by bullsrayz on Jul 25, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Hellickson is my untouchable pitching prospect

Love his control and ability to get whiffs.

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by Tommy Rancel on Jul 25, 2009 8:01 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

didn't notice this until now but the corresponding move for Hellickson to join Durham

send everyone’s favorite strand master down to Hudson Valley. 1.75 ERA in 10 starts and you fall pretty far down the ladder. I’ll be at the 1:00 durham game today and it will be interesting to see if he is still around and the move was just a paper move.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 25, 2009 8:42 AM EDT reply actions

Its got to be a paper move. Otherwise it would be Montgomery

I’m thinking Percy gave DiSalvo whatever blackmail photos he had a hold of for so long

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by FreeZorilla on Jul 25, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Maybe using DiSalvo for one more start due to the double header then tossing him

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by FreeZorilla on Jul 25, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions

possibly although it is Houser/Hernandez going today but he could be going tomorrow.

by Dbullsfan on Jul 25, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Bulls Game last night

I was in the 2nd row behind the plate. He looked as good as anyone I’ve seen pitch in 3 years of seeing 50 games a year. He was nasty the first 3 innings, making the Norfolk players look REALLY bad. It was a great debut, my guess is this kid is a full two years away though.

by bullsrayz on Jul 25, 2009 10:14 AM EDT reply actions