Just now, chitownsportsfan said:

Hicks just needs to trust his off speed stuff more. His FB is too straight.

Think so? I don’t have any numbers on it, but looks to me like it has good run.

Hicks is an adventure

Even at his best, Hicks's fastball isn't a bat-misser. Very few sinkers are. Will earn his keep with grounders and slide pieces

well this inning took an interesting/surprising turn

Just now, Lukakke Appling said:

Think so? I don’t have any numbers on it, but looks to me like it has good run.

90% of my game thread takes are based on immediate gut reaction. 90% of my other forum posts are based on reasoned analysis.

Just saw JaGon's 11th homer online. He killed it.

29 minutes ago, fathom said:

Yeah if it was Benintendi, people would be destroying the effort

Benintendi doesnt get within 8 feet of that flare.

he fucking went.

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

well that wasn't close to the strike zone

Not Dominguez or Schweitzer?

Dominguez a little. Schweitzer hasn't pitched enough yet.

1B ump is like NOPE

OK, Jordan Hicks. OK....

BIG DICK HICKS!

Those last three batters were much better!

But that was a hanger, luckily he was guessing fastball

His stuff is so good at times.

See, again, why is Hicks annoying?

it's lane freaking thomas

go right at him

Just now, Kyyle23 said:

See, again, why is Hicks annoying?

Some nasty stuff when he needed it

High breaking pitches are far more successful in practice than the conventional wisdom would have you believe (largely due to what you just saw: batters give up on them thinking they will miss high)

Just now, Kyyle23 said:

See, again, why is Hicks annoying?

He hit a guy and gave up a single on two strikes. Then decided to have his best stuff of the year the next two

Beautiful last pitch.

Just now, DoUEvenShift said:

BIG DICK HICKS!

Better make sure my wife doesn’t see this. She likes him enough as it is.

1 minute ago, zisk said:

Just saw JaGon's 11th homer online. He killed it.

Wrote him off but came back like Lazarus

Hicks is an enigma.

Just now, BigHurt3515 said:

Those last three batters were much better!

But that was a hanger, luckily he was guessing fastball

Three consecutive two way out of the zone. Had him in between respecting fb.