P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 220 lbs | Age: 26
Draft: 2021 | Rd. 1, No. 21, Chicago Cubs | Kansas State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 2 4 5.48 11 10 0 46 42 1.63
2025 0 1 6.28 8 0 1 14.1 13 1.74
2026 0 2 15.63 2 2 0 6.1 6 2.21
4 Seasons 6 8 5.86 28 19 1 101.1 85 1.56
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 11 2-4 5.48 46 42 1.63
2025 8 0-1 6.28 14.1 13 1.74
2026 2 0-2 15.63 6.1 6 2.21
4 Seasons 28 6-8 5.86 101.1 85 1.56
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 .251 .406 .317 .312 .342 33.0 16.3 7.5 4.41 4.10
2024 24 852 148 13 8.8 6.1 89.4 118.1 14.9 35.8 .265 .465 .373 .352 .402 39.9 19.8 9.4 5.48 5.20
2025 25 217 53 3 5.7 4.5 90.0 110.3 10.1 41.5 .291 .413 .400 .310 .380 39.6 19.4 1.5 6.28 3.99
2026 26 129 26 2 7.7 5.9 88.1 113.4 14.2 34.6 .293 .430 .442 .335 .382 50.0 17.6 2.9 15.63 4.59
Player 1781 339 25 7.4 5.4 88.9 118.1 11.6 34.8 .267 .436 .364 .332 .377 38.3 18.5 7.2
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .243 .408 .315 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wicks relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(40.3%) ,
Changeup
(28.7%) ,
Slider
(15.5%) ,
Sinker
(9.3%) ,
Curveball
(6.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 50.0 50.0 21.4 25.0 3.6 37.5 39.3 23.2 21.4 25.0 3.6 16.1 14.3 19.6
2024 40.5 59.5 31.8 23.6 4.1 38.5 39.9 21.6 18.9 18.9 2.7 19.6 20.9 18.9
2025 49.1 50.9 17.0 24.5 9.4 41.5 39.6 18.9 26.4 15.1 7.5 15.1 24.5 11.3
2026 42.3 57.7 19.2 30.8 7.7 19.2 53.8 26.9 11.5 23.1 7.7 7.7 30.8 19.2
Player 45.1 54.9 25.1 24.8 5.0 37.2 40.7 22.1 20.4 20.6 4.1 16.8 20.1 18.0
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.8 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 6.3 38.4 21.4 23.2 4.5 6.3 4.8
2024 3.4 30.4 24.3 25.7 7.4 8.8 6.1
2025 5.7 30.2 22.6 34.0 1.9 5.7 4.5
2026 7.7 30.8 26.9 23.1 3.8 7.7 5.9
Player 5.0 33.0 23.3 26.0 5.3 7.4 5.4
MLB 4.0 32.3 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Curveball CHC L 8 80.2 50.9 -2.4 4.2GLV -4.4 -8.4 -1.7 4.2GLV -4.2
2026 Slider CHC L 20 86.2 34.5 -1.2 4.4GLV 0.4 2.2 -0.9 4.4GLV -0.2
2026 Sinker CHC L 12 93.1 20.8 -2.0 13.2ARM -2.0 10.8 -3.5 13.2ARM -2.5
2026 Changeup CHC L 37 83.2 32.7 -1.2 12.6ARM -1.4 6.6 -2.2 12.6ARM -1.5
2026 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 52 93.0 15.6 -0.4 2.7ARM -4.9 15.7 -0.2 2.7ARM -5.3
2025 Sweeper CHC L 26 82.5 42.3 2.5 13.2GLV -0.7 -1.9 2.9 13.2GLV 0.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 86 94.4 14.6 -0.1 4.2ARM -2.9 16.0 0.1 4.2ARM -3.9
2025 Curveball CHC L 2 79.8 52.2 -2.1 5.3GLV -2.6 -9.5 -0.2 5.3GLV -2.5
2025 Slider CHC L 28 86.8 35.5 1.2 3.0GLV -0.7 0.8 1.3 3.0GLV -1.0
2025 Changeup CHC L 53 83.0 33.4 0.6 13.3ARM -0.4 6.3 -1.1 13.3ARM -0.9
2025 Sinker CHC L 22 93.4 21.8 -0.8 14.1ARM -0.8 9.5 -2.0 14.1ARM -1.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 52 40.3 13 .333 .417 .358 25.0 23.1 18.8 .225 .298 .261 55.6
2026 Changeup 0.0 0 37 28.7 11 .273 .364 .277 35.0 27.3 25.0 .303 .373 .294 37.5
2026 Slider -10.2 -2 20 15.5 4 .750 1.500 .950 27.3 0.0 0.0 .447 1.099 .642 50.0
2026 Sinker -14.3 -2 12 9.3 5 .750 .750 .680 12.5 0.0 0.0 .324 .355 .380 50.0
2026 Curveball 4.2 0 8 6.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .249 .280 .238 100.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -1 86 39.6 35 .382 .559 .407 16.7 17.1 27.3 .299 .438 .317 37.9
2025 Changeup -0.2 0 53 24.4 12 .273 .455 .342 48.3 33.3 33.3 .270 .337 .302 42.9
2025 Slider -4.6 -1 28 12.9 5 .400 1.200 .650 28.6 0.0 0.0 .330 .656 .408 60.0
2025 Sweeper -5.2 -1 26 12.0 7 .571 .571 .514 6.7 14.3 10.0 .402 .486 .388 50.0
2025 Sinker 3.7 1 22 10.1 7 .143 .143 .129 18.2 28.6 33.3 .155 .191 .153 20.0
2025 Curveball -23.8 0 2 0.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .234 .238 .211 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Changeup 37 83.2 96 14.3 10:15 9:45 30
2026 4-Seam Fastball 52 93.0 81 15.4 11:30 11:45 -15
2026 Sinker 12 93.1 85 17.0 11:00 10:15 45
2026 Slider 20 86.2 23 5.0 1:45 2:45 -60
2025 Changeup 53 83.0 95 14.8 10:15 9:45 30
2025 4-Seam Fastball 86 94.4 78 16.1 11:15 11:30 -15
2025 Sinker 22 93.4 87 17.1 11:00 10:00 60
2025 Slider 28 86.8 24 3.9 2:30 3:15 -45
2025 Sweeper 26 82.5 52 14.7 4:30 3:30 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 147 583 -2 8 -4 -2 1
2024 212 852 -5 -2 -3 -3 -14
2025 67 217 -5 2 0 0 -3
2026 34 129 -2 0 -1 -1 -3
Player 460 1,781 -14 7 -8 -14 -20
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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 44.4 53.7 46.3 23.3 5.3 77.4
2024 852 45.7 72.2 84.7 31.7 61.2 42.6 63.2 50.2 23.4 6.6 80.4
2025 217 54.4 76.3 84.4 40.4 57.5 44.7 68.7 59.9 23.8 6.9 86.7
2026 129 47.3 77.0 83.0 30.9 52.4 47.3 64.7 52.7 26.5 3.1 100.0
Player 1,781 45.9 72.0 84.9 31.9 59.9 43.8 61.1 50.3 23.7 6.0 81.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2023 18 47 29
2024 8 12 7 65 6 25 58 85 32 82 33 24 29 26 38 40 32
2025 47 54 25
2026 27 54 35
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.84 5 3.3 2 3 0 3 60.0
2024 23.80 9 9.3 0 2 7 4 44.4
2025 28.26 2 1.6 0 1 1 1 50.0
2026 25.05 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 24.11 17 15.1 2 6 9 8 47.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
2024 9 8 8 10 9 10 11 7 8 7 8 10 11 8 10 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 11 8 10 9 11 11 9 9
2025 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
2026 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 17 13 14 15 16 15 16 13 13 12 13 15 18 14 15 13 15 13 16 16 17 17 20 19 14 15 14 17 18 14 14
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023
Results
BA .406 +.037 .369 +.078 .291 +.039 .252
xBA .293 +.002 .291 +.026 .265 +.014 .251
OBP .441 +.062 .379 +.014 .365 +.059 .306
xOBP .334 +.032 .302 -.040 .342 +.034 .308
SLG .563 +.009 .554 +.057 .497 +.062 .435
xSLG .430 +.017 .413 -.052 .465 +.059 .406
ISO .156 -.029 .185 -.021 .206 +.023 .183
xISO .138 +.016 .122 -.078 .200 +.044 .156
BABIP .480 +.040 .440 +.107 .333 +.064 .269
wOBA .442 +.042 .400 +.027 .373 +.056 .317
xwOBA .335 +.025 .310 -.042 .352 +.040 .312
wOBAcon .522 +.028 .494 +.062 .432 +.084 .348
xwOBAcon .382 +.002 .380 -.022 .402 +.060 .342
BACON .500 +.038 .462 +.088 .374 +.071 .303
xBACON .360 -.004 .364 +.023 .341 +.035 .306
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 50.0 +10.4 39.6 -0.3 39.9 +6.9 33.0
Avg Exit Velocity 88.1 -1.9 90.0 +0.6 89.4 +1.3 88.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 34.6 -6.9 41.5 +5.7 35.8 +5.4 30.4
Barrel % 7.7 +2.0 5.7 -3.1 8.8 +2.5 6.3
Avg Launch Angle 14.2 +4.1 10.1 -4.8 14.9 +7.5 7.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 73.6 +1.7 71.9 +0.7 71.2 -1.0 72.2
Attack Angle 10° +2° -1° 10° -1° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % 47.5 +2.2 45.3 -1.2 46.5 -7.7 54.2
Attack Direction +2° -1° -1° +1° -2°
Swing Path - Tilt 32° +2° 31° -2° 33° -2° 35°
Swing Length 7.3 -0.1 7.4 +0.1 7.3 0.0 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.1 -1.1 94.2 +1.8 92.4 +1.1 91.3
Breaking Velocity 84.5 -0.1 84.6 +2.4 82.2 +2.7 79.5
Offspeed Velocity 83.2 +0.2 83.0 +0.8 82.2 +0.9 81.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 2 -1 3 -10 13 +6 7
Popup % 7.7 -1.7 9.4 +5.3 4.1 +0.5 3.6
Flyball % 19.2 +2.2 17.0 -14.8 31.8 +10.4 21.4
Line Drive % 30.8 +6.3 24.5 +0.9 23.6 -1.4 25.0
Groundball % 42.3 -6.8 49.1 +8.6 40.5 -9.5 50.0
Pull % 19.2 -22.3 41.5 +3.0 38.5 +1.0 37.5
Straight Away % 53.8 +14.2 39.6 -0.3 39.9 +0.6 39.3
Opposite Field % 26.9 +8.0 18.9 -2.7 21.6 -1.6 23.2
Weak Contact % 7.7 +2.0 5.7 +2.3 3.4 -2.9 6.3
Pull Airball % 7.7 -7.4 15.1 -4.5 19.6 +3.5 16.1
Topped Contact % 30.8 +0.6 30.2 -0.2 30.4 -8.0 38.4
Under Contact % 26.9 +4.3 22.6 -1.7 24.3 +2.9 21.4
Flare/Burner Contact % 23.1 -10.9 34.0 +8.3 25.7 +2.5 23.2
Solid Contact % 3.8 +1.9 1.9 -5.5 7.4 +2.9 4.5
HR/FB % 20.0 -2.2 22.2 +3.1 19.1 -1.7 20.8
Popups 2 -3 5 -1 6 +2 4
Flyballs 5 -4 9 -38 47 +23 24
Line Drives 8 -5 13 -22 35 +7 28
Groundballs 11 -15 26 -34 60 +4 56
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.3 -7.1 54.4 +8.7 45.7 +2.8 42.9
Out of Zone % 52.7 +7.1 45.6 -8.7 54.3 -2.8 57.1
Edge % 47.3 +2.6 44.7 +2.1 42.6 -1.8 44.4
Zone Swing % 77.0 +0.7 76.3 +4.1 72.2 +3.8 68.4
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 -9.5 40.4 +8.7 31.7 +2.0 29.7
In Zone Contact % 83.0 -1.4 84.4 -0.3 84.7 -1.3 86.0
Out of Zone Contact % 52.4 -5.1 57.5 -3.7 61.2 +0.6 60.6
Whiff % 26.5 +2.7 23.8 +0.4 23.4 +0.1 23.3
First Strike % 64.7 -4.0 68.7 +5.5 63.2 +9.5 53.7
First Pitch Swing % 35.3 -15.4 50.7 +11.5 39.2 +9.9 29.3
Swing % 52.7 -7.2 59.9 +9.7 50.2 +3.9 46.3
Meatball Swing % 100.0 +13.3 86.7 +6.3 80.4 +3.0 77.4
Meatball % 3.1 -3.8 6.9 +0.3 6.6 +1.3 5.3
Zone Swing & Miss % 17.0 +1.4 15.6 +0.3 15.3 +1.3 14.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 47.6 +5.1 42.5 +3.7 38.8 -0.6 39.4
In Zone 61 -57 118 -271 389 +139 250
Out of Zone 68 -31 99 -364 463 +130 333
Edge 61 -36 97 -266 363 +104 259
In Zone Swings 47 -43 90 -191 281 +110 171
Out of Zone Swings 21 -19 40 -107 147 +48 99
In Zone Swing & Misses 8 -6 14 -29 43 +19 24
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 10 -7 17 -40 57 +18 39
Basic
Pitches 129 -88 217 -635 852 +269 583
PA 34 -33 67 -145 212 +65 147
AB 32 -33 65 -124 189 +58 131
Hits 13 -11 24 -31 55 +22 33
Singles 10 -6 16 -19 35 +16 19
Doubles 2 -4 6 -4 10 +1 9
Triples 0 0 0 -1 1 +1 0
Home Runs 1 -1 2 -7 9 +4 5
Walks 1 0 1 -19 20 +9 11
Strikeouts 6 -7 13 -29 42 +18 24
K% 17.6 -1.8 19.4 -0.4 19.8 +3.5 16.3
BB% 2.9 +1.4 1.5 -7.9 9.4 +1.9 7.5
HBP 1 +1 0 -2 2 +2 0
Batted Balls 26 -27 53 -95 148 +36 112
Number of Fastballs 64 -44 108 -387 495 +158 337
Number of Offspeed 37 -16 53 -167 220 +47 173
Number of Breaking 28 -28 56 -81 137 +64 73
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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 212 .373 146 3 2.1 66 28 42.4
2025 Shades 67 .400 42 6 14.3 25 18 72.0
2026 Shades 34 .442 23 3 13.0 11 8 72.7
! 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 192 15.4 43.2% 0.0% 156 17.8 4.5% 0.6%
2025 44 16.4 15.9% 0.0% 28 17.4 7.1% 0.0%
2026 26 16.8 15.4% 3.8% 24 17.4 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution