{"id":3248,"date":"2011-03-13T12:59:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T17:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2011-03-13T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T18:01:33","slug":"the-golden-sombreros-top-50-prospects-4-jeremy-hellickson-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3248","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #4 – Jeremy Hellickson (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#4 Jeremy Hellickson<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

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DOB: 4-8-1987<\/p>\n

ETA: 2011<\/p>\n

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With Hellickson we reach the top of the pitching prospects.\u00a0 Nothing about Hellickson is a secret anymore considering the success he had in 10 appearances with the Rays in 2010.\u00a0 He posted a 2.45 ERA in 117.2 IP in Durham while striking out 123 and only walking 35.\u00a0 He allowed just 5 HR and has nothing left to prove in MiLB.\u00a0 He should slide nicely into the rotation spot vacated by Matt Garza<\/a><\/strong>, who was traded to the Cubs this past winter.\u00a0 Considering his success in 2010 as well as his chance at three above-average to plus pitches, Hellickson profiles as at least a #3 in Tampa.<\/p>\n

There may not be a lot to dream on with Hellickson; he has typically been regarded as a guy who constantly out-pitched his potential. But getting outs from a #3 in the AL East is a very impressive thing to produce internally without paying monster dollars for it.\u00a0 Hellickson\u2019s fatsball works anywhere from 90 to 94 mph, but has been gunned a tick or two higher.\u00a0 His curveball grades from a 50-60, but his command of the pitch allows it to typically grade on the higher end of that range.\u00a0 His changeup is a plus pitch with a chance at double plus in the next few years.\u00a0 It fades late and is commanded impeccably.<\/p>\n

Hellickson\u2019s polish and build make it difficult to coax much more projection out of him, but scouts have constantly been wrong about the guy.\u00a0 Therefore, my guess is that his fastball has a chance at a mph more, his breaker will be a 60, and his changeup will be a 70, meaning that he will be an All-Star in the occasional season.\u00a0 Tampa knows how to raise their players.<\/p>\n

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