Beating that Damn Bush, another Hellickson Post
Tonight's loss was frustrating but not all was to be frowned upon tonight. Hellickson had another masterful performance in AAA (I know I know its just the minors). The thing that jumped out to me the most about tonight's performance was 10K in 5 innings compared to just 2 walks and 3 hits. Essentially his KIP was 2x as high as his whip. That got me wondering how his numbers in that regard stack up to others (Not sure if there is a stat out there or not for KIP/WHIP ratio's but I'm sure there is I'm just not aware of it. There are many ways to look at a pitcher and how he stacks up against others and this is just one way and maybe it is me cherry picking but it shows Hellickson compares quite favorably to other top pitching prospects and also shows just how nasty Tommy Hanson was in AAA this year.
I'm just going to take current level (or AAA if they are now in the majors) numbers from him and others all stats from this season only (Granite it is a small sample size but maybe it can be expanded later if wanted)
Hellickson
35 1/3 innings 21 hits 12 walks 39 K
Whip of .935
KIP of 1.105
Total +.17 (+ meaning more K)
here are his AA numbers to add a little more to the sample size
56 2/3 IP 41 H 14 BB 62 K
Whip .972
KIP 1.095
Total +.123
#41 Wade Davis
145.2 IP 128 H 59 BB 129 K
Whip of 1.284
KIP .886
Total = -.398
#1 David Price AAA
34 1/3 IP 28 H 18 BB 35 K
Whip 1.341
KIP 1.020
Total -.321
#4 Madison Bumgarner SF AA
92 IP 72 H 28 BB 66 K
WHIP 1.087
KIP .717
Total -.370
#10 Tommy Hanson AAA
66 1/3 IP 40 H 17 BB 90 K
Whip .860
Kip 1.357
Total + .497 (DAMN)
#22 Brian Matusz AA
46 1/3 IP 31 H 11 BB 46 K
Whip .907
Kip .994
Total +.087
#9 Neftali Perez AAA
77 1/3 IP 69 H 30 BB 75 K
Whip 1.281
Kip .970
Total -.311
#25 Jarrod Parker AA
78 1/3 IP 82 H 34 BB 74 K
Whip 1.481
Kip.945
Total -.536
I didn't use Cahill or Anderson because they have been in the majors all season but that was all the P in the top 25 plus Davis and Hellickson and Hellickson would rank #2 only behind the outstanding numbers of Hanson. So yea maybe saying he was only slightly behind Hanson was a bit off because Hanson is so damn good was a stretch, saying that Hellickson should be considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball going into 2010 shouldn't be.
Those are just some of the BA (I used Callis' list for Ranking I listed) top pitching prospects coming into the season
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Since we're here
Lobstein struck out 10 in 5 innings as well tonight. He’s going to have a big 2010.
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by Imperialism32 on Aug 21, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
Interesting line. 10 Ks, 0 BB, o HR, 4 H, 3 ER. Maybe some inherited runners scored or something.
by rglass44 on Aug 21, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He did walk a guy
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by Imperialism32 on Aug 21, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not going to go through everyone's career numbers tonight, work in the morning
but Hellickson is
1.012 Whip
1.053 Kip
+ .041
by Dbullsfan on Aug 21, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
15 swings and misses by my count via GameDay
That’s a lot, right?
by Ben Tumbling on Aug 21, 2009 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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