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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1769562" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/woodford-naughton-are-options-if-struggling-hicks-goes-back-to-cardinals-bullpen/article_aa641e9a-7067-52d7-9bd8-e267ae52c074.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>It has become clear that this Jordan Hicks thing—where he starts instead of relieves—isn’t working. The pitch count is OK. He doesn’t have much trouble getting close to 80. The problem is that about half of them are balls and there isn't much rhythm to his game. </p><p>Hicks, presumably healthy after barely having pitched the past three seasons, passed a career-five in three official innings Tuesday night in a 8-1 shellacking here by the Toronto Blue Jays. In seven starts by their former closer, the Cardinals have won just two. Hicks hasn’t made it past the fifth in any of them, walking 18 in 24 2/3 innings as a starter.</p><p>In 43 games, slightly more than one-fourth of the season, the Cardinals have had 24 starts of five innings or fewer. Between them, Hicks and Dakota Hudson have walked 39 hitters 68 2/3 innings.</p><p></p><p>So the problem is evident. What are possible solutions?</p><p>Drew VerHagen, the former Japanese League pitcher who was being groomed as a starter in the spring, hurt his hip and then was waylaid by COVID. Upon his return, he had a strong 2 1/3 inning relief stint on Saturday in Pittsburgh and was awarded the win.</p><p>On Tuesday, not so much. Two long homers, of 438 feet by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and 427 by Danny Jansen in two innings.</p><p>And also two walks in two innings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1769562, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/woodford-naughton-are-options-if-struggling-hicks-goes-back-to-cardinals-bullpen/article_aa641e9a-7067-52d7-9bd8-e267ae52c074.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] It has become clear that this Jordan Hicks thing—where he starts instead of relieves—isn’t working. The pitch count is OK. He doesn’t have much trouble getting close to 80. The problem is that about half of them are balls and there isn't much rhythm to his game. Hicks, presumably healthy after barely having pitched the past three seasons, passed a career-five in three official innings Tuesday night in a 8-1 shellacking here by the Toronto Blue Jays. In seven starts by their former closer, the Cardinals have won just two. Hicks hasn’t made it past the fifth in any of them, walking 18 in 24 2/3 innings as a starter. In 43 games, slightly more than one-fourth of the season, the Cardinals have had 24 starts of five innings or fewer. Between them, Hicks and Dakota Hudson have walked 39 hitters 68 2/3 innings. So the problem is evident. What are possible solutions? Drew VerHagen, the former Japanese League pitcher who was being groomed as a starter in the spring, hurt his hip and then was waylaid by COVID. Upon his return, he had a strong 2 1/3 inning relief stint on Saturday in Pittsburgh and was awarded the win. On Tuesday, not so much. Two long homers, of 438 feet by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and 427 by Danny Jansen in two innings. And also two walks in two innings. [/QUOTE]
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