Jordan Hicks is a right-handed pitcher from Houston, Texas, known for his fast sinker and high strikeout potential. Starting his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, he moved to the Toronto Blue Jays before signing a four-year contract with the San Francisco Giants and was later traded to the Boston Red Sox for Rafael Devers. While Hicks has impressive stats, primarily his sinker averaging over 98 MPH with a 68% ground ball rate, he struggles with consistency, particularly maintaining strike rates over 60% for secondary pitches, leading to a high walk rate.
If you were watching baseball for the first time and didn't know that the strike zone existed, you would think Hicks is one of the best pitchers in the game.
His sinker averages a touch over 98 MPH with good horizontal movement. The results haven't been great this season, but a 68% ground ball rate against the pitch screams positive regression.
In 2024, he primarily pitched out of the rotation, and his only pitch that held a strike rate over 60% was his sinker.
Are the Red Sox the team to convert those ground balls into outs? I won't answer that because I don't like the answer.
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