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Jordan Hicks

#12 - Starting Pitcher

San Francisco Giants

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 9/6/1996 (27)
Height, Weight 6'2", 220 lb
Hometown Houston, TX

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
2-0 28.0 1.61 0.93 16.7% 9.3%
22nd
W
38th
IP
24th -
ERA
31st -
WHIP
157th -
K%
125th -
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.8 9.0% 28.2% 52.2% 3.0% 5.21 2.78
6th -
FB MPH
160th -
SwStr%
102nd -
CSW%
133rd -
Str-ICR
14th -
MTK%
69th -
PLV
63rd -
PLA
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Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2018 STL 73 0 77.2 3-4 0 3.59 1.34 - 3.74 - - 20.6% 13.3% 6.8 0.23 .266 - 72.3% - - 10.1% 29.5% 0.47 -
2019 STL 29 0 28.2 2-2 0 3.14 0.94 - 3.21 - - 28.2% 10.0% 5.0 0.63 .215 - 71.4% - - 12.6% 30.8% 0.52 -
2021 STL 10 0 10.0 0-0 0 5.40 1.50 3.30 4.17 4.95 4.94 22.7% 22.7% 4.5 0.00 .208 0.0% 60.0% 16.7% 70.8% 9.2% 25.1% 0.34 4.97
2022 STL 35 8 61.1 3-6 0 4.84 1.32 4.00 4.18 4.03 3.60 24.0% 13.3% 6.8 0.73 .268 14.7% 67.9% 31.6% 57.7% 10.1% 27.7% 0.44 5.02
2023 STL/TOR 65 0 65.2 3-9 0 3.29 1.36 3.23 3.22 3.33 3.55 28.4% 11.2% 7.8 0.55 .323 12.5% 72.1% 28.0% 58.2% 11.7% 31.7% 0.56 5.15
2024 SF 5 5 28.0 2-0 2 1.61 0.93 2.55 3.71 4.40 2.78 16.7% 9.3% 5.1 0.32 .197 4.8% 83.3% 26.0% 58.4% 9.0% 28.2% 0.44 5.21
SP MLB Percentile 49 49 80 65-69 63 88 84 86 56 34 68 20 36 91 79 90 76 75 97 94 19 48 67 60
SP MLB AVG - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career 217 13 271.1 13-21 2 3.62 1.26 - - - 2.14 23.8% 12.4% 6.6 0.46 .266 15.4% 71.5% 17.0% 58.8% 10.6% 29.4% 0.48 5.10

Repertoire

2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 All
Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average
Year Usage% MPH Zone% O-Sw% Str% SwStr% CS% CSW% Str-ICR GB% FB% ICR HR/FB% AVG BABIP HL HP MTK% PLV
2024 52.4% 95.8 60.4% 25.6% 71.8% 4.8% 26.9% 31.7% 60.4% 65.3% 20.4% 26.5% 10.0% .241 .250 0 -1.7 3.1% 5.34
SP MLB Percentile 97 94 77 55 71 40 76 72 17 70 41 86 50 71 67 61 88 - 81
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Strike Zone Plot

2024 Season vs. All
Sinker
home plate
MLB Rank MLB Average
Usage% MPH SwStr% CSW% Str% AVG HC% xMov yMov
52.4% 95.8 4.8% 31.7% 71.8% .241 36.2% 10.2 4.2
4th -
Usage%
6th -
MPH
71st -
SwStr%
33rd -
CSW%
34th -
Str%
34th -
AVG
79th -
HC%
27th -
xMov
114th -
yMov

Game Log

All Date Opp Result Dec
Total 5 G 2-0
Sun 4/21 vs. ARI L 5-3
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Sinker 50 52.1% ↓0.4% 96.0 ↑0.3
Sweeper 12 12.5% ↓12.7% 82.0 ↓0.4
Splitter 30 31.3% ↑16.7% 85.1 ↓0.2
Four-Seamer 4 4.2% ↓3.2% 95.7 ↓1.4
TOTALS 96 100.0% 90.8
SP Roundup April 21, 2024 5 IP, ER, Hit, 4 BBs, 0 Ks - 10 Whiffs, 30.2% CSW, 96 pitches vs. ARI (ND)

Zero strikeouts?! "HAISTBMBWT?!" This is bonkers, especially on a day Hicks earned 8/30 splitter whiffs. Wow. Welp, the sinker is working inside the zone and hopefully he'll find something else to actually support it, and not that 8% CSW sweeper.
Tue 4/16 @ MIA L 6-3
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Sinker 36 41.9% ↓14.3% 96.6 ↑1.1
Sweeper 30 34.9% ↑13.0% 83.4 ↑1.5
Splitter 12 14.0% ↓0.8% 86.8 ↑2.0
Four-Seamer 8 9.3% ↑2.5% 96.6 ↓0.7
TOTALS 86 100.0% 90.7
SP Roundup April 16, 2024 5 IP, 2 ER, 3 Hits, 3 BBs, 5 Ks - 7 Whiffs, 26.7% CSW, 86 pitches @ MIA (ND)

Sinkers are finding enough strikes as the rest simply are not. Sub 50% strike rates once again for Hicks' sweeper and splitter and while I'm a believer that his sinker is just too dang hard to hit in the zone, there will be games where he either gets "Singled Out" or the pitch can't carry a start on its own. He can't do this forever with just that 96/97 mph heater.
Wed 4/10 vs. WSH W 7-1 W
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Sinker 47 59.5% ↑4.8% 95.3 ↓0.3
Sweeper 18 22.8% ↑1.3% 81.1 ↓1.2
Splitter 11 13.9% ↓1.2% 83.2 ↓2.3
Four-Seamer 3 3.8% ↓4.3% 95.8 ↓1.8
TOTALS 79 100.0% 90.4
SP Roundup April 10, 2024 6 IP, ER, 4 Hits, 2 BBs, 2 Ks - 7 Whiffs, 26.6% CSW, 79 pitches vs. WSH (W)

We're now three starts into the Jordan Hicks experiment and things are going perfectly fine. Today's Win against the Nationals - 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 2 BBs, 2 Ks - 7 Whiffs, 27% CSW, 79 pitches - showcase that sentiment well. This is fine, but it ain't exciting.
We saw Hicks have stupid good feel for his sweeper during the spring, but this marks two straight outings where the pitch returned a lackluster number of whiffs (just four), even that tally could have risen if he elected to throw more than 18 total sweepers. In fact, what we saw was that Hicks understands that his 95 mph sinker is dang hard to hit. It held a near 20% ICR entering this game (stupid elite!) and only two sinkers lifted that mark against the Nationals.
This could very well have been a game of "this is a poor offense and I'm not going to try to do a whole lot" and the fact that Hicks could simply live with the sinker is a floor we should consider. If he can find a rhythm with his sweeper and/or splitter on top of this, then you have yourself a lovely San Francisco stew going. Definitely hold onto this for the Marlins next as this could get much better quickly.
 
Fri 4/5 vs. SD W 3-2
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Sinker 59 64.8% ↑21.6% 94.6 ↓2.5
Sweeper 16 17.6% ↓8.3% 81.4 ↓1.6
Splitter 12 13.2% ↓4.1% 84.7 ↓1.5
Four-Seamer 4 4.4% ↓7.9% 96.6 ↓1.5
TOTALS 91 100.0% 91.1
SP Roundup April 5, 2024 7 IP, ER, 5 Hits, 0 BBs, 5 Ks - 8 Whiffs, 26.4% CSW, 91 pitches vs. SD (ND)

Hey that's some pretty awesome work there from Hicks. So he's dominating with his sweeper? Not really. Then the splitter or curve or something new? Nah. So he spotted sinkers? Ummm, I'm gonna stop that and tell you he was able to live inside the zone with his sinker, thus seven frames in 91 pitches, while the pitch still refuses to allow ICR.
Sat 3/30 @ SD W 9-6 W
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Sinker 35 43.2% ↓21.0% 97.1 ↓3.0
Sweeper 21 25.9% ↑12.1% 83.0 ↓3.3
Splitter 14 17.3% ↑17.3% 86.2
Four-Seamer 10 12.4% ↑1.7% 98.1 ↓2.2
TOTALS 81 100.0% 91.7
SP Roundup March 30, 2024 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 Hits, BB, 6 Ks - 7 Whiffs, 30.9% CSW, 81 pitches @ SD (W)

So that sinker. We saw 95 mph in the spring and thought "yeah, makes sense", but what we got here was 97 mph. That means the ICR is still low (25%!) while the secondaries...hmmm. His sweeper was so good in the spring but was barely over 50% strikes here, and the splitter held a 43% strike rate of its own, though it did come through for 4/14 whiffs. I guess I'm in to give this a whirl over Hall and probably Puk, too, but I do worry that we will see some high walk games in the future, especially if that velocity is an illusion fueled by adrenaline.

Standard

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Year Team P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2018 STL 1,274 776 498 339 59 50 6 1 2 70 45 8 9
2019 STL 454 272 182 110 16 11 3 0 2 31 11 1 2
2021 STL 207 111 96 44 5 3 1 1 0 10 10 0 3
2022 STL 1,051 626 425 263 46 32 8 1 5 63 35 7 5
2023 STL/TOR 1,114 684 430 285 57 41 11 1 4 81 32 4 8
2024 SF 433 266 167 108 16 11 4 0 1 18 10 3 1
SP MLB Percentile 61 56 22 58 61 53 35 27 63 45 21 2 12
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career 4,533 2,735 1,798 1,149 199 148 33 4 14 273 143 23 28

Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2018 STL 20.6% 13.3% .208 .257 .587 .275 .266 .273 - - - - - - - -
2019 STL 28.2% 10.0% .163 .255 .510 .231 .215 .239 - - - - - - - -
2021 STL 22.7% 22.7% .147 .235 .576 .281 .208 .208 .152 .278 .215 .221 80.8 81.6 -4.1 3.30
2022 STL 24.0% 13.3% .210 .324 .659 .302 .268 .291 .213 .315 .263 .341 86.9 85.9 2.3 4.00
2023 STL/TOR 28.4% 11.2% .231 .332 .658 .296 .323 .339 .204 .276 .282 .321 86.6 82.4 -0.2 3.23
2024 SF 16.7% 9.3% .170 .245 .514 .240 .197 .208 .182 .250 .211 .237 86.4 85.7 8.0 2.55
SP MLB Percentile 20 36 89 91 87 88 90 94 87 88 89 96 85 72 84 86
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career 23.8% 12.4% .204 .289 .607 .284 .266 .280 .171 .287 .257 .313 86.3 84.4 2.0 -

Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 STL 0.6% (101.3) 20.0% (100.3) - 6.0% (86.2) - - - - - 20.6% 6.0%
2019 STL - 20.9% (100.5) - 11.9% (86.4) - - 0.4% (90.5) - - 20.9% 12.3%
2021 STL 4.3% (98.5) 65.2% (99.3) 19.8% (87.7) 7.2% (85.2) - - 3.4% (90.2) - - 69.6% 30.4%
2022 STL 0.6% (98.6) 65.7% (99.4) 1.0% (87.1) 30.5% (84.6) - - 2.3% (92.0) - - 66.2% 33.8%
2023 STL/TOR 10.7% (100.3) 64.2% (100.1) - 9.5% (87.7) 13.8% (86.3) - 1.6% (91.4) - - 74.9% 25.0%
2024 SF 6.7% (96.9) 52.4% (95.8) - - 22.4% (82.4) - - 18.2% (85.2) - 59.1% 40.6%
SP MLB Percentile 3 (97) 97 (94) - - 77 (70) - - 51 (40) - - -
SP MLB AVG - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - -
Career 3.8% (99.6) 46.7% (99.4) 1.1% (87.6) 12.6% (85.6) 5.5% (85.6) - 1.1% (91.4) 1.7% (85.2) - 50.5% 22.2%

Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 STL 0.0% (0) 27.8% (14) - 37.7% (12) - - - - - 27.0% 396.1%
2019 STL - 26.3% (6) - 50.0% (14) - - 0.0% (0) - - 26.3% 205.4%
2021 STL 33.3% (0) 24.4% (9) 22.0% (7) 26.7% (1) - - 42.9% (2) - - 25.0% 25.4%
2022 STL 0.0% (0) 24.1% (42) 40.0% (3) 37.7% (61) - - 0.0% (0) - - 23.9% 35.2%
2023 STL/TOR 23.5% (18) 31.5% (54) - 35.8% (24) 38.3% (31) - 16.7% (3) - - 30.3% 36.0%
2024 SF 6.9% (0) 31.7% (11) - - 26.8% (11) - - 26.6% (17) - 28.9% 27.3%
SP MLB Percentile 1 (97) 72 (94) - - 26 (70) - - 63 (40) - - -
SP MLB AVG - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - -
Career 19.3% (18) 28.0% (136) 25.5% (10) 38.2% (112) 33.9% (42) - 11.8% (5) 26.6% (17) - 27.3% 70.5%

Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 STL - - - - - - - - 14.4% - - - - -
2019 STL - - - - - - - - 14.3% - - - - -
2021 STL 70.8% 12.5% 16.7% 0.0% 20.8% 37.5% 29.2% 33.3% 16.9% 83.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7%
2022 STL 57.7% 20.5% 21.8% 4.5% 30.8% 36.7% 37.3% 25.9% 16.8% 67.9% 23.7% 1.3% 7.1% 31.6%
2023 STL/TOR 58.2% 22.4% 19.4% 4.8% 28.5% 38.7% 38.1% 23.2% 14.6% 71.5% 18.8% 6.1% 3.6% 28.0%
2024 SF 58.4% 14.3% 27.3% 7.8% 27.3% 40.3% 33.8% 26.0% 15.5% 74.1% 18.2% 2.6% 5.2% 26.0%
SP MLB Percentile 94 92 25 39 87 47 50 62 18 - 86 83 74 97
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - 0.0% - - - -
Career 58.8% 19.7% 21.6% 5.0% 28.7% 38.2% 36.5% 25.3% 15.2% 71.4% 20.4% 3.3% 5.0% 17.0%

Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 STL .208 .275 .266 .273 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 STL .163 .231 .215 .239 - - - - - - - - - -
2021 STL .147 .281 .208 .208 .152 .278 .215 .221 80.8 81.6 -4.1 0.0% 16.7% 9.1%
2022 STL .210 .302 .268 .291 .213 .315 .263 .341 86.9 85.9 2.3 14.7% 31.6% 19.0%
2023 STL/TOR .231 .296 .323 .339 .204 .276 .282 .321 86.6 82.4 -0.2 12.5% 28.0% 16.5%
2024 SF .170 .240 .197 .208 .182 .250 .211 .237 86.4 85.7 8.0 4.8% 26.0% 18.5%
SP MLB Percentile 89 88 90 94 87 88 89 96 85 72 84 76 97 93
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career .204 .284 .266 .280 .171 .287 .257 .313 86.3 84.4 2.0 15.4% 17.0% 10.5%

Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 STL - 60.9% 41.5% - 24.4% 14.4% 75.6% - - 19.4% 10.1% 29.5% 17.0% 56.3% 0.47 -
2019 STL - 59.9% 41.6% - 30.2% 14.3% 69.8% - - 18.3% 12.6% 30.8% 14.8% 56.4% 0.52 -
2021 STL 39.1% 53.6% 37.7% 26.2% 24.4% 16.9% 75.6% 84.4% 63.6% 15.9% 9.2% 25.1% 11.6% 51.2% 0.34 49.8%
2022 STL 46.1% 59.6% 42.0% 24.9% 24.0% 16.8% 76.0% 84.3% 58.2% 17.6% 10.1% 27.7% 15.0% 55.2% 0.44 50.0%
2023 STL/TOR 45.3% 61.4% 41.4% 29.4% 28.2% 14.6% 71.8% 81.9% 55.9% 20.0% 11.7% 31.7% 15.1% 56.3% 0.56 53.0%
2024 SF 44.8% 61.4% 42.3% 26.4% 21.3% 15.5% 78.7% 85.0% 66.7% 19.2% 9.0% 28.2% 17.8% 57.7% 0.44 52.2%
SP MLB Percentile 37 20 10 26 29 18 29 43 21 82 19 48 43 42 67 33
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career 27.9% 60.3% 41.5% 27.0% 25.5% 15.2% 74.5% 83.5% 58.9% 18.8% 10.6% 29.4% 15.7% 55.9% 0.48 55.0%

Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 STL - - - - - - - - - -
2019 STL - - - - - - - - - -
2021 STL 39.1% 36.2% 28.0% 35.7% 37.7% 22.7% 39.6% 35.3% 36.7% 3.9%
2022 STL 46.1% 39.2% 22.5% 38.3% 28.8% 27.8% 43.4% 35.2% 42.3% 6.8%
2023 STL/TOR 45.3% 35.1% 24.8% 40.1% 31.2% 24.2% 44.6% 36.2% 39.0% 6.4%
2024 SF 44.8% 33.8% 24.1% 42.1% 21.3% 23.4% 55.3% 34.3% 41.7% 4.9%
SP MLB Percentile 37 51 29 60 16 39 87 83 35 13
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - -
Career 27.9% 36.5% 24.1% 39.4% 29.3% 25.3% 45.4% 35.4% 40.5% 6.1%

Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 STL 59.2% 14.0% 27.0% 15.3% 58.9% 47.6% 24.4% - 20.3%
2019 STL 57.0% 13.0% 30.0% 10.0% 60.9% 51.8% 24.3% - 22.8%
2021 STL 51.2% 19.8% 29.0% 8.5% 41.3% 30.4% 20.8% 21.7% 16.7%
2022 STL 59.4% 13.6% 27.0% 13.9% 58.2% 49.0% 22.3% 22.9% 22.2%
2023 STL/TOR 59.6% 12.5% 28.8% 13.4% 58.0% 48.3% 24.8% 24.0% 25.2%
2024 SF 55.9% 14.1% 30.5% 14.9% 67.6% 53.7% 24.8% 20.5% 13.6%
SP MLB Percentile 21 19 57 53 81 70 81 22 18
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - -
Career 58.4% 13.7% 28.2% 13.7% 58.8% 48.4% 23.9% 14.3% 21.4%

PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 STL 1,274 - - - - - - - - -
2019 STL 454 - - - - - - - - -
2021 STL 207 4.97 44.9% 16.4% 38.6% 6.3% 2.4% 0.8 -2 4.94
2022 STL 1,051 5.02 46.7% 16.5% 36.8% 9.9% 5.0% 10.7 +1 3.60
2023 STL/TOR 1,114 5.15 46.4% 23.2% 30.3% 16.1% 4.0% 6.8 +7 3.55
2024 SF 433 5.21 50.8% 22.4% 26.8% 24.0% 3.0% -2.6 0 2.78
SP MLB Percentile 61 60 70 85 86 86 93 83 65 68
SP MLB AVG - - - - - - - - - -
Career 4,533 5.10 47.1% 20.1% 32.8% 14.3% 4.1% 15.7 +6 2.14
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