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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1753336" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-how-jordan-hicks-falls-into-the-no-other-choice-category/article_02dc666f-3b01-585c-a932-dc36155bc9ab.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><strong>Q: I understand if the Cardinals want to make Jordan Hicks a starter, but why isn’t he doing it at AAA? As a starter he’ll need better control and his change up. He can’t be throwing 20 plus pitches an inning as he’s prone to do. I would understand if the team had no other choice, but that’s not the case. I don’t get the thought process, and I think it’s setting Hicks up to fail.</strong></p><p>A: At the moment, this may fall into the "no other choice" category. Matthew Liberatore is still not ready. Johan Oviedo has not recovered from his 2021 beatings. Drew VerHagen did not finish the spring well. So that seems to leave Jake Woodford and Hicks as the two choices. Woodford would seem to be the surer of two unsure things at this point, but Hicks has massive upside. The team wants to see how his arm reacts to pitching every fifth day to see if this really is his future, as Hicks insists it is. Hicks takes this assignment with a pitch limit and a short leash, so that mitigates the competitive risk.</p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Chat article with fans..........questions about Self & KU and others....................good read................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1753336, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-how-jordan-hicks-falls-into-the-no-other-choice-category/article_02dc666f-3b01-585c-a932-dc36155bc9ab.html[/URL] [B]Q: I understand if the Cardinals want to make Jordan Hicks a starter, but why isn’t he doing it at AAA? As a starter he’ll need better control and his change up. He can’t be throwing 20 plus pitches an inning as he’s prone to do. I would understand if the team had no other choice, but that’s not the case. I don’t get the thought process, and I think it’s setting Hicks up to fail.[/B] A: At the moment, this may fall into the "no other choice" category. Matthew Liberatore is still not ready. Johan Oviedo has not recovered from his 2021 beatings. Drew VerHagen did not finish the spring well. So that seems to leave Jake Woodford and Hicks as the two choices. Woodford would seem to be the surer of two unsure things at this point, but Hicks has massive upside. The team wants to see how his arm reacts to pitching every fifth day to see if this really is his future, as Hicks insists it is. Hicks takes this assignment with a pitch limit and a short leash, so that mitigates the competitive risk. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chat article with fans..........questions about Self & KU and others....................good read................ [/QUOTE]
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