Topic: Rick VandenHurk

Henricus van den Hurk (more commonly known as Rick VandenHurk; born on May 22, 1985 in Eindhoven, Netherlands) is a Dutch baseball starting pitcher who plays for the Florida Marlins in Major League Baseball and the Netherlands national baseball team.

At the age of 16, VandenHurk was scouted by Chicho Jesurun when playing for the Oosterhout baseball team Twins, where his father was coach. He went to Fort Lauderdale Preparatory School where he graduated in 2003.

Prior to his major league debut in 2007, he had never pitched above Class-A. He underwent ligament replacement surgery on his right arm in 2005.