P | Chicago Cubs
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
2023 4 1 4.41 7 7 0 34.2 24 1.27
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
3 Seasons 6 6 5.21 26 17 1 95 79 1.52
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 7 4-1 4.41 34.2 24 1.27
2024 11 2-4 5.48 46 42 1.63
2025 8 0-1 6.28 14.1 13 1.74
3 Seasons 26 6-6 5.21 95 79 1.52
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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 .253 .403 .317 .311 .341 33.0 16.3 7.5 4.41 4.07
2024 24 852 148 13 8.8 6.1 89.4 118.1 14.9 35.8 .266 .449 .373 .347 .394 39.9 19.8 9.4 5.48 5.18
2025 25 217 53 3 5.7 4.5 90.0 110.3 10.1 41.5 .293 .407 .400 .308 .378 39.6 19.4 1.5 6.28 3.96
Player 1652 313 23 7.3 5.4 89.0 118.1 11.4 34.8 .266 .426 .358 .328 .372 37.4 18.5 7.5
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 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
(39.6%) ,
Changeup
(24.4%) ,
Slider
(12.9%) ,
Sweeper
(12.0%) ,
Sinker
(10.1%) ,
Curveball
(0.9%) ,


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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
Player 45.4 54.6 25.6 24.3 4.8 38.7 39.6 21.7 21.1 20.4 3.8 17.6 19.2 17.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 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
Player 4.8 33.2 23.0 26.2 5.4 7.3 5.4
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2025 Changeup CHC L 53 83.0 33.4 0.6 13.3ARM -0.4 6.3 -1.1 13.3ARM -0.9
2025 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 86 94.4 14.6 -0.1 4.2ARM -2.9 16.0 0.2 4.2ARM -3.9
2025 Curveball CHC L 2 79.8 52.2 -2.0 5.3GLV -2.6 -9.5 -0.1 5.3GLV -2.5
2025 Slider CHC L 28 86.8 35.5 1.2 3.0GLV -0.7 0.8 1.2 3.0GLV -1.1
2025 Sweeper CHC L 26 82.5 42.3 2.5 13.2GLV -0.7 -1.9 2.9 13.2GLV 0.2
2025 Sinker CHC L 22 93.4 21.8 -0.9 14.1ARM -0.9 9.5 -2.0 14.1ARM -1.3
2024 Sweeper CHC L 34 82.6 40.5 1.2 14.1GLV 0.4 -0.2 1.3 14.1GLV -0.1
2024 Sinker CHC L 111 91.7 20.9 -3.1 14.3ARM -0.5 11.7 -3.5 14.3ARM -0.8
2024 Changeup CHC L 220 82.2 33.5 0.3 11.6ARM -1.8 6.9 -1.0 11.6ARM -2.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 384 92.5 14.3 1.4 4.2ARM -2.8 17.6 1.9 4.2ARM -3.9
2024 Slider CHC L 51 86.0 35.3 0.1 3.4GLV -1.1 1.5 0.0 3.4GLV -1.4
2024 Curveball CHC L 52 78.4 56.3 1.7 7.2GLV -1.7 -11.7 3.2 7.2GLV 0.1
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -1 86 39.6 35 .382 .559 .407 16.7 17.1 27.3 .302 .429 .316 37.9
2025 Changeup -0.2 0 53 24.4 12 .273 .455 .342 48.3 33.3 33.3 .269 .335 .300 42.9
2025 Slider -4.6 -1 28 12.9 5 .400 1.200 .650 28.6 0.0 0.0 .334 .629 .399 60.0
2025 Sweeper -5.2 -1 26 12.0 7 .571 .571 .514 6.7 14.3 10.0 .402 .486 .387 50.0
2025 Sinker 3.7 1 22 10.1 7 .143 .143 .129 18.2 28.6 33.3 .157 .198 .157 20.0
2025 Curveball -23.8 0 2 0.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .229 .233 .206 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -2 384 45.1 103 .281 .438 .360 16.1 18.4 15.6 .261 .431 .348 42.3
2024 Changeup 0.3 1 220 25.8 57 .170 .358 .270 41.9 28.1 20.3 .203 .370 .276 24.3
2024 Sinker -5.5 -6 111 13.0 34 .400 .667 .538 16.4 8.8 16.7 .328 .512 .402 44.4
2024 Curveball -5.8 -3 52 6.1 6 .667 1.167 .775 15.4 16.7 7.1 .522 .917 .614 60.0
2024 Slider -3.8 -2 51 6.0 7 .429 .857 .543 17.6 14.3 6.3 .357 .617 .422 50.0
2024 Sweeper -4.5 -2 34 4.0 5 .500 .750 .570 22.2 40.0 13.3 .225 .421 .356 100.0
! 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
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
2024 Changeup 220 82.2 95 13.5 10:15 9:45 30
2024 Curveball 51 78.4 66 16.3 4:45 5:00 -15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 379 92.6 87 17.6 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Sinker 111 91.7 95 18.5 10:45 10:15 30
2024 Slider 50 86.0 25 4.1 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 Sweeper 34 82.6 42 15.0 4:15 3:15 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
Player 426 1,652 -12 8 -7 -12 -17
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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 852 45.7 72.2 84.7 31.7 61.2 42.5 63.2 50.2 23.4 6.6 80.4
2025 217 54.4 76.3 84.4 40.4 57.5 44.2 68.7 59.9 23.8 6.9 86.7
Player 1,652 45.8 71.6 85.1 32.0 60.5 43.3 60.8 50.1 23.4 6.2 80.4
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 18 47 29
2024 7 14 11 14 11 64 26 32 38 24 29 33 82 25 58 85 32
2025 47 54 25
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Expected Home Runs

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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
Player 24.06 16 14.2 2 6 8 8 50.0
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
Player 16 12 13 15 15 14 15 12 12 11 12 14 17 13 14 12 14 12 15 15 16 16 19 18 13 14 13 16 17 13 13
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

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023
Results
BA .369 +.078 ↑ .291 +.039 ↑ .252
xBA .293 +.027 ↑ .266 +.013 ↑ .253
OBP .379 +.014 ↑ .365 +.059 ↑ .306
xOBP .303 -.040 ↓ .343 +.033 ↑ .310
SLG .554 +.057 ↑ .497 +.062 ↑ .435
xSLG .407 -.042 ↓ .449 +.046 ↑ .403
ISO .185 -.021 ↓ .206 +.023 ↑ .183
xISO .114 -.069 ↓ .183 +.032 ↑ .151
BABIP .440 +.107 ↑ .333 +.064 ↑ .269
wOBA .400 +.027 ↑ .373 +.056 ↑ .317
xwOBA .308 -.039 ↓ .347 +.036 ↑ .311
wOBACON .494 +.062 ↑ .432 +.084 ↑ .348
xwOBACON .378 -.016 ↓ .394 +.053 ↑ .341
BACON .462 +.088 ↑ .374 +.071 ↑ .303
xBACON .366 +.024 ↑ .342 +.033 ↑ .309
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 39.6 -0.3 ↓ 39.9 +6.9 ↑ 33.0
Avg Exit Velocity 90.0 +0.6 ↑ 89.4 +1.3 ↑ 88.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 41.5 +5.7 ↑ 35.8 +5.4 ↑ 30.4
Barrel % 5.7 -3.1 ↓ 8.8 +2.5 ↑ 6.3
Avg Launch Angle 10.1 -4.8 ↓ 14.9 +7.5 ↑ 7.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.9 +0.7 ↑ 71.2 -0.9 ↓ 72.1
Attack Angle 8° -1° ↓ 10° 0° ↓ 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % 45.3 -1.2 ↓ 46.5 -7.0 ↓ 53.5
Attack Direction -1° 0° ↑ -1° +1° ↑ -2°
Swing Path - Tilt 31° -2° ↓ 33° -2° ↓ 35°
Swing Length 7.4 +0.1 ↑ 7.3 0.0 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.2 +1.8 ↑ 92.4 +1.1 ↑ 91.3
Breaking Velocity 84.6 +2.4 ↑ 82.2 +2.7 ↑ 79.5
Offspeed Velocity 83.0 +0.8 ↑ 82.2 +0.9 ↑ 81.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 3 -10 ↓ 13 +6 ↑ 7
Popup % 9.4 +5.3 ↑ 4.1 +0.5 ↑ 3.6
Flyball % 17.0 -14.8 ↓ 31.8 +10.4 ↑ 21.4
Line Drive % 24.5 +0.9 ↑ 23.6 -1.4 ↓ 25.0
Groundball % 49.1 +8.6 ↑ 40.5 -9.5 ↓ 50.0
Pull % 41.5 +3.0 ↑ 38.5 +1.0 ↑ 37.5
Straight Away % 39.6 -0.3 ↓ 39.9 +0.6 ↑ 39.3
Opposite Field % 18.9 -2.7 ↓ 21.6 -1.6 ↓ 23.2
Weak Contact % 5.7 +2.3 ↑ 3.4 -2.9 ↓ 6.3
Pull Airball % 15.1 -4.5 ↓ 19.6 +3.5 ↑ 16.1
Topped Contact % 30.2 -0.2 ↓ 30.4 -8.0 ↓ 38.4
Under Contact % 22.6 -1.7 ↓ 24.3 +2.9 ↑ 21.4
Flare/Burner Contact % 34.0 +8.3 ↑ 25.7 +2.5 ↑ 23.2
Solid Contact % 1.9 -5.5 ↓ 7.4 +2.9 ↑ 4.5
HR/FB % 22.2 +3.1 ↑ 19.1 -1.7 ↓ 20.8
Popups 5 -1 ↓ 6 +2 ↑ 4
Flyballs 9 -38 ↓ 47 +23 ↑ 24
Line Drives 13 -22 ↓ 35 +7 ↑ 28
Groundballs 26 -34 ↓ 60 +4 ↑ 56
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 54.4 +8.7 ↑ 45.7 +2.8 ↑ 42.9
Out of Zone % 45.6 -8.7 ↓ 54.3 -2.8 ↓ 57.1
Edge % 44.2 +1.7 ↑ 42.5 -1.8 ↓ 44.3
Zone Swing % 76.3 +4.1 ↑ 72.2 +3.8 ↑ 68.4
Out of Zone Swing % 40.4 +8.7 ↑ 31.7 +2.0 ↑ 29.7
In Zone Contact % 84.4 -0.3 ↓ 84.7 -1.3 ↓ 86.0
Out of Zone Contact % 57.5 -3.7 ↓ 61.2 +0.6 ↑ 60.6
Whiff % 23.8 +0.4 ↑ 23.4 +0.1 ↑ 23.3
First Strike % 68.7 +5.5 ↑ 63.2 +9.5 ↑ 53.7
First Pitch Swing % 50.7 +11.5 ↑ 39.2 +9.9 ↑ 29.3
Swing % 59.9 +9.7 ↑ 50.2 +3.9 ↑ 46.3
Meatball Swing % 86.7 +6.3 ↑ 80.4 +3.0 ↑ 77.4
Meatball % 6.9 +0.3 ↑ 6.6 +1.3 ↑ 5.3
Zone Swing & Miss % 15.6 +0.3 ↑ 15.3 +1.3 ↑ 14.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 42.5 +3.7 ↑ 38.8 -0.6 ↓ 39.4
In Zone 118 -271 ↓ 389 +139 ↑ 250
Out of Zone 99 -364 ↓ 463 +130 ↑ 333
Edge 96 -266 ↓ 362 +104 ↑ 258
In Zone Swings 90 -191 ↓ 281 +110 ↑ 171
Out of Zone Swings 40 -107 ↓ 147 +48 ↑ 99
In Zone Swing & Misses 14 -29 ↓ 43 +19 ↑ 24
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 17 -40 ↓ 57 +18 ↑ 39
Basic
Pitches 217 -635 ↓ 852 +269 ↑ 583
PA 67 -145 ↓ 212 +65 ↑ 147
AB 65 -124 ↓ 189 +58 ↑ 131
Hits 24 -31 ↓ 55 +22 ↑ 33
Singles 16 -19 ↓ 35 +16 ↑ 19
Doubles 6 -4 ↓ 10 +1 ↑ 9
Triples 0 -1 ↓ 1 +1 ↑ 0
Home Runs 2 -7 ↓ 9 +4 ↑ 5
Walks 1 -19 ↓ 20 +9 ↑ 11
Strikeouts 13 -29 ↓ 42 +18 ↑ 24
K% 19.4 -0.4 ↓ 19.8 +3.5 ↑ 16.3
BB% 1.5 -7.9 ↓ 9.4 +1.9 ↑ 7.5
HBP 0 -2 ↓ 2 +2 ↑ 0
Batted Balls 53 -95 ↓ 148 +36 ↑ 112
Number of Fastballs 108 -387 ↓ 495 +158 ↑ 337
Number of Offspeed 53 -167 ↓ 220 +47 ↑ 173
Number of Breaking 30 -73 ↓ 103 +30 ↑ 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
! 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%

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Pitch Distribution

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