San Francisco Giants
Jordan Hicks has thrown 7,131 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Sinker (97mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Splitter (89mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has slight armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their slider sweeps across the zone, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast and has some natural sinking action. Their splitter is thrown extremely hard, has dives down out of the zone and is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' splitters.