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Ben Heller
Born: 08/05/1991 (Age: 24) |
| Bats: Right |
Throws: Right |
| Height: 6' 3" |
Weight: 210 |
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| Reliever delivery, some effort. NWU only; stiff front leg and heel-first landings paired w/ true 3/4 slot can cause front-side to fly open and pull him off-line down 1B side of mound. Fast, strong arm-stroke generates easy mid-to-high 90s velocity. |
| Adam McInturff |
| 04/09/2016 |
| Akron RubberDucks (AA, Indians) |
| 4/7/2016; 4/10/2016 |
| 45 |
| 2017 |
| Yes |
| Fastball |
70 |
96-97 |
98 |
Double-plus velocity; dominant arm-strength; blow-by fastball; swing/miss pitch. 55 life to FB--heavy armside run w/ second-gear burst at finish. |
| Slider |
55 |
82-83 |
84 |
Enough SL to play off the FB in order to profile as genuine ML 'pen piece. Swing/miss pitch at best w/ late-showing tilt and two-plane depth. Occasionally can back up on him and show as a fringy offering at present, as true 3/4 slot gets around the pitch. |
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Impressive flashes of abv-avg FB and SL mix from former late-round pick. Ceiling of regular two-pitch ML middle-reliever. Improving consistency of SL action/depth the only thing keeping him from big leagues. Medium interest.
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