Heath Hembree Pitcherr

     
 

Born: January 13, 1989
Spartanburg, SC
Height: 6-4
Weight: 210
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 5th round, 2010 by San Francisco
How Acquired: Acquired from San Francisco with Edwin Escobar for Jake Peavy (July 2014)
College: College of Charleston
High School: Broome HS (SC)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

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2014 Top 40 Season in Review
Scouting Scratch: High minors bullpen arms (5.28.15)
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Traded to Philadelphia with Brandon Workman, cash, and a PTBNL or cash for Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold (Aug. 2020)

Physical Description: Athletic, medium build.  

Mechanics: Hands set at chest from the stretch. High leg lift up to chest. Stands tall with great balance on back leg over rubber. High three-quarters arm slot. Long arm action in back. Plus arm speed. Athletic delivery.  

Fastball: 92-95 mph. Command/control tends to come and go.  

Slider: 83-86 mph. Flashes above-average.  

Summation: Potential seventh inning bullpen arm, but most likely a middle reliever. Lacks third pitch, which limits effectiveness versus left-handed hitters. Needs to improve command and control of fastball and consistency of the slider.

  
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l era g gs sv ip h r er hr hbp bb so whip k/9 bb/9
  2008 South Carolina SEC NCAA --- 19 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6.00 27.00 54.00
  2010 College of Charleston SoCon NCAA --- 21 5 3 6.52 27 0 4 29.0 33 23 21 3 0 18 42 1.76 13.03 5.59
  2010 Arizona Giants Ariz Rk SF 21 0 0 0.82 12 0 3 11.0 9 1 1 0 0 0 22 0.82 18.00 0.00
  2011 San Jose Giants Calif A+ SF 22 0 0 0.73 26 0 21 24.2 16 2 2 1 1 12 44 1.14 16.05 4.38
  2011 Richmond Fl. Squirrels East AA SF 22 1 1 2.83 28 0 17 28.2 20 11 9 1 0 13 34 1.15 10.67 4.08
  2012 San Jose Giants Calif A+ SF 23 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0.20 12.60 1.80
  2012 Fresno Grizzlies PCL AAA SF 23 1 1 4.74 39 0 15 38.0 29 24 20 2 4 20 36 1.29 8.53 4.74
  2013 Fresno Grizzlies PCL AAA SF 24 1 4 4.07 54 0 31 55.1 54 26 25 7 1 16 63 1.27 10.25 2.60
  2013 San Francisco Giants NL MLB SF 24 0 0 0.00 9 0 0 7.2 4 0 0 0 0 2 12 0.78 14.09 2.35
  2014 Fresno Grizzlies PCL AAA SF 25 1 3 3.89 41 0 18 39.1 40 18 17 5 2 13 46 1.35 10.53 2.97
  2014 Pawtucket Red Sox IL AAA Bos 25 0 1 2.70 7 0 2 6.2 5 2 2 0 0 5 9 1.50 12.15 6.75
  2014 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 25 0 0 4.50 6 0 0 10.0 11 5 5 1 0 5 6 1.60 5.40 4.50
  2015 Gulf Coast Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 26 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 0.00 0.00
  2015 Pawtucket Red Sox IL AAA Bos 26 0 5 2.27 29 0 8 31.2 23 10 8 1 0 10 32 1.04 9.09 2.84
  2015 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 26 2 0 3.55 22 0 0 25.1 25 10 10 5 0 9 15 1.34 5.33 3.20
  2016 Pawtucket Red Sox IL AAA Bos 27 0 0 0.68 13 0 8 13.1 6 1 1 0 0 3 22 0.68 14.85 2.03
  2016 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 27 4 1 2.65 38 0 0 51.0 51 23 15 6 0 17 47 1.33 8.29 3.00
  2017 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 28 2 3 3.63 62 0 0 62.0 72 29 25 10 1 18 70 1.45 10.16 2.61
  2018 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 29 4 1 4.20 67 0 0 60.0 53 30 28 10 1 27 76 1.33 11.40 4.05
  2019 Pawtucket Red Sox IL AAA Bos 30 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 18.00 0.00
  2019 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 30 1 0 3.86 45 0 2 39.2 34 20 17 7 3 18 46 1.31 10.44 4.08
  2020 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 31 2 0 5.59 11 0 0 9.2 9 6 6 2 0 3 10 1.24 9.31 2.79
  2020 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB Phi 31 1 0 12.54 11 0 0 9.1 17 13 13 7 2 5 10 2.36 9.64 4.82
  2021 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB Cin 32 2 7 6.38 45 0 8 42.1 32 33 30 10 2 19 68 1.20 14.46 4.04
  2021 New York Mets NL MLB NYM 32 0 0 3.45 15 0 1 15.2 13 6 6 2 0 5 15 1.15 8.62 2.87
  2022 ACL Dodgers ACL Rk LAD 33 0 1 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 1.00 18.00 0.00
  2022 OKC Dodgers PCL AAA LAD 33 1 0 4.82 10 0 1 9.1 7 5 5 2 0 2 14 0.96 13.50 1.93
  2022 Los Angeles Dodgers NL MLB LAD 33 1 1 7.94 6 0 0 5.2 9 6 5 1 0 3 5 2.12 7.94 4.76
  2022 Indianapolis Indians IL AAA Pit 33 1 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 2.50 13.50 13.50
  2022 Pittsburgh Pirates NL MLB Pit 33 2 0 7.16 20 0 0 16.1 17 13 13 5 0 14 12 1.90 6.61 7.71
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: July 3, 2010 by Jeremy Cleveland (SF)
Signing Bonus: $185,000
MiLB Debut: July 24, 2010 (AZL Giants)		 Added to 40-man: September 3, 2013 (San Francisco)
MLB Debut: September 3, 2013 (San Francisco)
     
  Awards
2011 California League Mid-Season All-Star
2011 Topps Class A All-Star
2012 Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star
2012 Arizona Fall League Rising Star
2014 Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star		 SoxProspects.com Awards
2015 SoxProspects.com All-Star
 
 
     
 
 		  
     
 
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