Hellickson vs. Beachy

[Saltydog]

Who would you take in a 5x5 roto league?

[BronXBombers51]

I like Beachy a lot.

[Skin Blues]

Beachy by 10 miles. I wouldn't draft Hellickson in a mixed league. One game against the Yankees isn't going to change that.

[West]

Beachy all week and twice on Tuesday.

[J35J]

I'd take Beachy every time but I don't think it's as huge of a gap as what has been mentioned so far. The K rate and pitching in the NL is just something you can't pass up on in this decision.

[rib217]

What is the cause for the semi negativity towards Hellickson? If I remember correctly he came up pretty hyped and then produced a pretty solid line last year while in the AL east. 2.95 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP is pretty excellent. Is it the AL East and the poor K rate last year the drags him down in some eyes?

[Skin Blues]

His peripherals have tanked since his 2010 AAA season. K/BB is terrible, can't get strikeouts, plays in AL East. Relying almost entirely on the defense which has never really been sustained by anyone before, at least not nearly to this extent. In short: he had a 4.78 SIERA last season. That's really bad. SIERA the best predictor of future ERA, much moreso than ERA itself.

[Ender]

Hellickson is underrated by 'experts' but I still like Beachy more. Hellickson will see his peripherals improve this year but his bottom line will get worse.

[Norby]

I'll take the pitcher that can pitch past the 5th inning on a consistent basis.

I'll let you "experts" figure out who that pitcher is.

[Skin Blues]

Beachy made it to the 6th inning in all but 3 of his starts last year. Not bad for a rookie.

I'll take the pitcher that struck out 57 more batters in 47 less innings.

Seriously, look at these numbers: 28.6 K%, 7.8 BB% versus 15.1%, 9.3%. It's a pretty wide gap in skill.