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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 22)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	9-6-1996
Height	6' 2"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	28 years, 7 months, 1 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: -1.02018
: -0.12019
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2018	SLN	73	77.7	3	4	6	59	45	70	2	93	6.8	5.2	0.2	8.1	62%	.266	1.34	3.70	3.59	112	6.03	134.8	-1.0
2019	SLN	29	28.7	2	2	14	16	11	31	2	92	5.0	3.5	0.6	9.7	67%	.215	0.94	3.16	3.14	84	3.22	66.1	0.7
Career		102	106.3	5	6	20	75	56	101	4	93	6.3	4.7	0.3	8.5	63%	.254	1.23	3.55	3.47	105	5.28	116.3	-0.3

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2016	SCO	A-	NYP	6	6	30.7	4	1	0	25	16	22	0	97	7.3	4.7	0.0	6.5	66%	.269	1.34	3.59	1.76	111	4.58	101.1
2016	JCY	Rk	APP	6	6	30.0	2	1	0	33	13	20	1	103	9.9	3.9	0.3	6.0	57%	.344	1.53	4.55	4.20	110	6.95	153.5
2017	PEO	A	MID	14	14	78.0	8	2	0	75	39	63	3	96	8.7	4.5	0.3	7.3	53%	.316	1.46	4.38	3.35	112	5.50	117.1
2017	PMB	A+	FSL	8	5	27.0	0	1	1	21	6	32	0	85	7.0	2.0	0.0	10.7	67%	.318	1.00	1.83	1.00	73	3.58	76.1
2017	SUR	Wnt	AFL	9	1	15.7	0	2	0	20	6	16	2		11.5	3.4	1.1	9.2	0%	.400	1.66	4.99	6.32	0	0.00	0.0
2018	SLN	MLB	NL	73	0	77.7	3	4	6	59	45	70	2	93	6.8	5.2	0.2	8.1	62%	.266	1.34	3.70	3.59	112	6.03	134.8
2019	SLN	MLB	NL	29	0	28.7	2	2	14	16	11	31	2	92	5.0	3.5	0.6	9.7	67%	.215	0.94	3.16	3.14	84	3.22	66.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2018	1274	0.4843	0.4137	0.7552	0.5770	0.2603	0.8792	0.4971	0.2448
2019	441	0.4649	0.4127	0.6923	0.5317	0.3093	0.8807	0.4110	0.3077
Career	1715	0.4793	0.4134	0.7390	0.5654	0.2729	0.8796	0.4750	0.2610

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
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Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	SLN	$545,000
2019	SLN	$555,000
2020	SLN	$578,800
2021	SLN	$862,500
2022	SLN	$938,000
2023	SLN	$1,837,500
2024	SFN	$6,500,000
2025	SFN	$12,500,000
2026	SFN	$12,500,000
2027	SFN	$12,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$11,816,800
2019	Current	$12,500,000
8 yr	Pvs + Cur	$24,316,800
2 yr	Future	$25,000,000
10 yr	Total	$49,316,800

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 0 d	Ballengee	4 years/$44M (2024-27)

Details

4 years/$44M (2024-27). Signed by San Francisco 1/12/24. $2M signing bonus. 24:$6M, 25:$12M, 26:$12M, 27:$12M. Annual performance bonuses: $83,333 each for 100, 110, 120, 130 innings pitched. $166,667 each for 140, 150, 160, 170 IP. $333,333 each for 180, 190 IP. $333,334 for 200 IP.
1 year/$1,837,500 (2023). Re-signed by St. Louis 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Toronto in trade from St. Louis 7/30/23 with $622,379 remaining on contract.
1 year/$938,000 (2022). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$862,500 (2021). Re-signed by St. Louis 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$578,800 (2020). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/20.
1 year/$555,000 (2019). Renewed by St. Louis 3/10/19.
1 year (2018). Contract selected by St. Louis 3/28/18. Re-signed by St. Louis 3/18.
Drafted by St. Louis 2015 (3s-105) (Cypress Creek HS, Houston). $600,000 signing bonus ($543,300 slot).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	6	2.4	43	11	89.9	65	42	83	6	.247	1.18	3.28	3.7	-5.7	-0.6
80^o	5.7	2.2	40	10	82.7	65	42	76	6	.263	1.28	3.68	4.15	-9.2	-1.0
70^o	5.6	2	37	9	77.6	64	41	71	6	.274	1.36	3.97	4.48	-11.3	-1.2
60^o	5.4	1.8	35	9	73.4	64	41	67	6	.284	1.43	4.22	4.77	-12.9	-1.4
50^o	5.3	1.7	33	8	69.5	63	41	64	6	.293	1.49	4.47	5.04	-14.2	-1.5
40^o	5.1	1.5	32	8	65.7	62	40	60	6	.302	1.56	4.72	5.32	-15.4	-1.7
30^o	5	1.4	30	7	61.8	62	40	57	6	.312	1.64	4.99	5.62	-16.4	-1.8
20^o	4.8	1.3	27	7	57.3	60	39	53	6	.324	1.73	5.31	5.99	-17.5	-1.9
10^o	4.5	1.1	25	6	51.3	58	37	47	6	.340	1.86	5.77	6.51	-18.4	-2.0
Weighted Mean	5.2	1.7	33	8	68.9	62	40	63	6	.291	1.48	4.43	5	-13.8	-1.5

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2020-05-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If you could drop any non-all star in their prime from the last 20 years into the KBO who would it be and why? (Craig Fans from No. 1)	I consulted Patrick Dubuque on this because he's my go-to KBO guy. He suggested Jordan Hicks because a) the relievers there are...not good and b) no one throws hard, so 101 is just unfathomable. Add in the extremely contact-oriented swings that are generally employed and it'd be fun to see how that would all interact/if approaches change. (Craig Goldstein)
2020-02-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who is a relief pitcher who will become the starting closer this year or next year who has the potential to really break out. I say Munoz. What say you? (Peter from SD)	Munoz would be my choice. Yates is in the final year of his contract. There has been talk of a possible extension, but if the Padres are looking to sell midseason, I have to imagine Yates will be on the move. However, the acquisition of Pagan clouds matters. Other than Munoz, and the aforementioned Karinchak or Clase (Hand also is in the last year of guarantees with a 2021 club option), I like Ty Buttrey. Hansel Robles is in the final year of his contract and the Angels are far from a lock to be competitive despite the Anthony Rendon signing. Also, do not forget about Jordan Hicks who may return late in the year from TJS. (Jesse Roche)
2019-09-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's my future role? (Carlos Martinez from Saint Louis)	Closer. Maybe on a team that doesn't have a healthy Jordan Hicks. (Craig Goldstein)
2019-02-18 16:00:00 (link to chat)	In Nl only, 10 team keeper OBP,k9 league that counts net steals and holds, Need to drop one of : B Dozier, K Marte, J Hicks (Stringer from Baltimore)	Dozier gets a boost in OBP leagues, but Marte has SB upside he hasn't tapped into yet, plus he will qualify for 3 positions. Jordan Hicks throws hard, which is nice, but he walks too many, which is bad. He's risky if he doesn't figure out how to miss more bats and walk fewer batters, but because of SV+HD, he's enticing. Depends on how much you want to gamble on Dozier rebounding well and Marte actually taking that step forward. If you think you could get one of them cheap in the draft because others aren't believers, then that's the one I'd drop. If you want to force an answer from me, kick Marte for the tiniest playing time risk compared to Dozier. (Kevin Jebens)
2019-01-23 12:00:00 (link to chat)	How good can Nate Pearson be, is there a comp you think is somewhat in the ballpark? (Ted from Ohio)	He's a tough comp (which can make him a tougher ranking). It's. bit of the Michael Kopech problem where literally nt starting pitcher in MLB actually throws this hard, so you end up with like Jordan Hicks or Edwin Diaz. (And hey, if he turns into Edwin Diaz, that's a great outcome). He's also JuCo guy so a little bit older than you think, and hasn't pitched significant time in even A-ball yet. So this is a long way of saying, there isn't really a comp but he could be extremely good. (Jeffrey Paternostro)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Jordan Hicks has thrown 6,744 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2025, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2025, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (98mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (98mph) and Splitter (89mph).