Jordan Wicks
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 1, #21, Chicago Cubs | Kansas State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 4 1 4.41 7 7 0 34.2 24 1.27
2024 1 2 4.70 5 5 0 23 28 1.52
2 Seasons 5 3 4.53 12 12 0 57.2 52 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 7 4-1 4.41 34.2 24 1.27
2024 5 1-2 4.70 23 28 1.52
2 Seasons 12 5-3 4.53 57.2 52 1.37
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2023 23 583 112 7 6.3 4.8 88.1 110.3 7.4 30.4 .253 .404 .317 .311 .341 33.0 16.3 7.5 4.41 4.07
2024 24 439 69 6 8.7 5.6 89.4 108.5 14.0 37.7 .243 .406 .339 .320 .388 40.6 25.9 8.3 4.70 4.02
Player 1022 181 13 7.2 5.1 88.6 110.3 9.9 33.1 .248 .404 .326 .315 .359 35.9 20.4 7.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wicks relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(45.1%) ,
Changeup
(26.2%) ,
Sinker
(14.4%) ,
Slider
(7.7%) ,
Curveball
(6.2%) ,
Cutter
(0.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 50.0 21.4 25.0 3.6 37.5 39.3 23.2 6.3 38.4 21.4 23.2 4.5 6.3 4.8
2024 40.6 33.3 23.2 2.9 39.1 42.0 18.8 1.4 30.4 24.6 27.5 7.2 8.7 5.6
Player 46.4 26.0 24.3 3.3 38.1 40.3 21.5 4.4 35.4 22.7 24.9 5.5 7.2 5.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Sinker CHC L 63 92.1 20.6 -2.8 -12 14.9 -0.5 -3
2024 Changeup CHC L 115 82.3 33.2 -0.4 -1 11.4 -2.4 -17
2024 Cutter CHC L 2 90.6 25.2 -0.2 -1 0.4 -2.1 -85
2024 Slider CHC L 34 82.6 40.5 1.3 3 14.1 7.1 100
2024 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 198 92.8 14.0 1.3 8 4.3 -2.8 -40
2024 Curveball CHC L 27 78.5 56.2 1.7 3 7.8 -1.7 -17
2023 Changeup CHC L 173 81.3 35.7 1.5 4 11.6 -2.0 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 166 92.1 16.4 -0.4 -3 4.6 -1.9 -29
2023 Curveball CHC L 49 78.2 57.8 2.5 5 7.2 -1.8 -20
2023 Cutter CHC L 57 89.0 26.9 0.0 0 0.9 -3.6 -134
2023 Slider CHC L 24 82.0 42.1 1.9 5 10.8 3.4 45
2023 Sinker CHC L 114 91.3 22.7 -1.0 -4 13.8 -1.0 -7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 198 45.1 58 .235 .392 .321 20.7 24.1 20.9 .240 .418 .330 40.5
2024 Changeup 3.8 4 115 26.2 28 .148 .259 .223 50.7 35.7 24.4 .134 .242 .178 23.5
2024 Sinker -4.3 -3 63 14.4 14 .417 .500 .575 20.0 14.3 16.7 .335 .377 .367 40.0
2024 Slider -7.8 -3 34 7.7 5 .500 .750 .570 22.2 40.0 13.3 .236 .473 .379 100.0
2024 Curveball -5.2 -1 27 6.2 2 1.000 1.500 1.075 12.5 0.0 0.0 .880 1.946 1.173 100.0
2024 Cutter -32.1 -1 2 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .931 1.209 .911 100.0
2023 Changeup 0.7 1 173 29.7 43 .171 .317 .239 30.0 18.6 12.7 .211 .347 .248 26.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 166 28.5 41 .368 .711 .456 14.5 14.6 13.0 .347 .572 .394 54.5
2023 Sinker 3.2 4 114 19.6 28 .174 .174 .211 16.3 10.7 21.4 .224 .297 .292 22.7
2023 Cutter -1.2 -1 57 9.8 13 .444 .667 .533 26.1 7.7 14.3 .313 .400 .405 44.4
2023 Curveball -0.8 0 49 8.4 15 .143 .143 .227 42.9 33.3 17.9 .106 .131 .144 0.0
2023 Slider -6.8 -2 24 4.1 7 .333 .833 .514 20.0 14.3 12.5 .299 .771 .476 20.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 115 82.3 95 13.4 10:15 9:45 30
2024 Curveball 26 78.6 68 16.6 4:45 5:00 -15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 194 92.8 88 17.8 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Sinker 63 92.1 95 19.0 10:45 10:15 30
2024 Slider 34 82.6 42 15.0 4:15 3:15 60
2023 Changeup 171 81.3 94 12.9 10:15 9:30 45
2023 Curveball 49 78.2 68 17.5 4:45 5:15 -30
2023 Cutter 57 89.0 51 6.9 11:45 11:45 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 164 92.1 87 15.8 11:15 11:30 -15
2023 Sinker 112 91.3 93 17.0 10:45 10:00 45
2023 Slider 24 82.0 43 11.9 4:15 3:30 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 147 583 -1 7 -3 -2 1
2024 108 439 -4 5 -1 -3 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 583 42.9 68.4 86.0 29.7 60.6 44.3 53.7 46.3 23.3 5.3 77.4
2024 439 44.4 76.4 79.9 34.0 55.4 42.1 63.0 52.8 28.9 5.0 86.4
Player 1,022 43.5 71.9 83.1 31.5 58.2 43.3 57.6 49.1 25.9 5.2 81.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2023 17 47 29
2024 46 51 43 39 52 14 32 38 40 69 54 70 87 31 53 28
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.8 5 3.4 2 3 1 3 60.0
2024 24.3 2 2.8 -1 2 2 1 50.0
Player 23.3 7 6.2 1 5 3 4 57.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
2024 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 3
Player 7 4 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 7 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 9 9 8 5 6 6 6 9 7 6
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.3 92.6 1.3
Offspeed Velocity 81.3 82.3 1.0
Breaking Velocity 79.5 80.8 1.3
Exit Velocity 88.1 89.4 1.3
Launch Angle 7.4 14.0 6.6
Barrel % 6.3 8.7 2.4
Hard Hit % 33.0 40.6 7.6
Sweet Spot % 30.4 37.7 7.3
xBA .253 .243 -0.010
BA .252 .268 0.016
xwOBA .311 .320 0.009
wOBA .317 .339 0.022
xSLG .404 .406 0.002
SLG .435 .412 -0.023
K% 16.3 25.9 9.6
BB% 7.5 8.3 0.8
Swing % 46.3 52.8 6.5
Whiff% 23.3 28.9 5.6
In Zone % 42.9 44.4 1.5
Out of Zone % 57.1 55.6 -1.5
Out of Zone Swing % 29.7 34.0 4.3
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 41.7 12.4
First Pitch Strike % 53.7 63.0 9.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 147 .317 127 4 3.1 20 4 20.0
2024 Shades 108 .339 82 1 1.2 26 10 38.5
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 169 13.1 82.2% 0.0% 89 17.1 6.7% 0.0%
2024 49 13.9 79.6% 0.0% 89 17.2 6.7% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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