{"id":7857,"date":"2017-07-29T02:06:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T06:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=7857"},"modified":"2017-07-29T02:16:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T06:16:25","slug":"orioles-acquire-jeremy-hellickson-in-trade-with-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/07\/29\/orioles-acquire-jeremy-hellickson-in-trade-with-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles Acquire Jeremy Hellickson in Trade With Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite falling to 6.5 games back of the American League&#8217;s second <strong>Wild Card<\/strong> spot after their 8-2 loss to the <strong>Texas Rangers<\/strong> Friday, the <strong>Baltimore Orioles<\/strong> don&#8217;t appear to be giving in just yet. In a trade with the <strong>Philadelphia Phillies<\/strong>, the O&#8217;s have added much-needed starting rotation depth by acquiring 30-year-old right-hander <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hellije01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Hellickson<\/a><\/strong>. The deal was first broken by <strong>MLB Network<\/strong> Insider <strong>Jon Heyman<\/strong> on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">orioles are acquiring hellickson<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/891130201752600576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hellickson was scratched from his scheduled start Friday night, offering a big hint that a trade was imminent. Sure enough, the deal has been completed with the Orioles with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danconnolly2016\/status\/891146081639309312\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Connolly of BaltimoreBaseball.com reporting<\/a> that OF <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kimhy01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hyun Soo Kim<\/a><\/strong>, LHP <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=cleavi000gar&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garrett Cleavinger<\/a><\/strong>, and international bonus money are headed the other way to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The deal comes as somewhat of a surprise considering Baltimore&#8217;s position in the AL Wild Card race, with many believing that the Orioles were ready to become sellers in advance of the July 31st MLB Non-Waiver Trade Deadline. Instead, the Orioles have elected to add a new arm in the starting rotation to help their push up the standings as they attempt to close the gap between themselves and the <strong>Kansas City Royals<\/strong> currently holding down the second Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n<p>In 20 starts this season for the Phillies, Hellickson owns a 4.73 ERA and 1.26 WHIP over 112.1 innings of work. The Orioles will be hoping Hellickson can rekindle his 2016 form, when he posted a very solid 3.71 ERA and 1.15 WHIP in a career-high 32 starts for Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The trade also marks the third time the <strong>2011 AL Rookie of the Year<\/strong> has been dealt in the last four seasons, first going from the <strong>Tampa Bay Rays<\/strong> to the <strong>Arizona Diamondbacks<\/strong> in 2014 and then from the D-backs to the Phillies in 2015. Hellickson&#8217;s name had been brought up frequently in trade chatter in advance of the deadline a season ago, but a trade didn&#8217;t ultimately materialize.<\/p>\n<p>Kim will head to the City of Brotherly Love after signing a two year, $7-million contract with the Orioles in 2015. Despite hitting .302 in 305 at-bats in his first year with the Orioles, Kim has struggled in 2017, with a .232 average and .593 OPS in 56 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Cleavinger, 23, was a third round pick of the Orioles in 2015 and has spent the entirety of this season to date with the<strong> Bowie Baysox<\/strong>, Baltimore&#8217;s Double-A Eastern League affiliate. He has amassed 42 strikeouts across 38.2 innings while recording a 6.28 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in 27 appearances out of the bullpen for the Baysox.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/821022452\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/821022452?et=jgOxNbDsSX5g5jmV7FATrQ&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=bmNZ8YM0i_Ho-wSFZBuMv4ozEgrcv_HpKx0X6tCLk_Q=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite falling to 6.5 games back of the American League&#8217;s second Wild Card spot after their 8-2 loss to the Texas Rangers Friday, the Baltimore Orioles don&#8217;t appear to be giving in just yet. In a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies, the O&#8217;s have added much-needed starting rotation depth by acquiring 30-year-old right-hander Jeremy Hellickson. 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