The Red Sox are placing right-hander Jordan Hicks on the 15-day IL due to a shoulder injury, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports. Southpaw Chris Murphy will be recalled from Triple-A Worcester to take Hicks’ spot in Boston’s bullpen.
Hicks came to the Red Sox alongside Kyle Harrison, Jose Bello and the since-traded (for Dustin May) James Tibbs III in the June blockbuster sending Rafael Devers to the Giants. The veteran righty is in the second season of a four-year, $44MM deal signed with San Francisco in the 2023-24 offseason. The Giants tried Hicks as a starter both last year and this season, but he hasn’t held up in that role. The Sox have been using him in the bullpen, and the results through his first two-plus months have been nightmarish.
In 18 2/3 innings with the Red Sox, Hicks has been crushed for 17 runs (8.20 ERA) on 25 hits and a dozen walks. He’s also plunked four batters and tossed six wild pitches — all while striking out a career-worst 15.5% of his opponents. Manager Alex Cora has still used Hicks in plenty of leverage spots, and the organization was surely hopeful that he could return to his prior standing as a coveted, flamethrowing setup man.
Perhaps that’ll still be the case down the road. The Red Sox have Hicks signed through 2027, and he’ll earn $12MM in each of the next two seasons. It’s important for them to try to get the righty sorted out, but for the time being, he’ll be down for the next two weeks at the very least. This will be the eighth IL stint for Hicks since he landed on the IL in 2019 for a UCL tear and required Tommy John surgery — and the third shoulder-related IL stint dating back to Aug. 2024.
At various points in his career, Hicks has looked the part of a quality late-inning option with a chance to step up as one of the game’s elite relievers. He’s averaged better than 100 mph on his sinker in three different seasons and from 2018-21 logged a massive 63% ground-ball rate. Hicks has never missed bats as often as one would expect for someone with this type of velocity, but he’s had three seasons with an ERA in the low-to-mid 3.00s and looked to have turned a corner in 2023. That season, he logged a 3.29 ERA with a career-best 28.4% strikeout rate and an 11.2% walk rate which, at the time, was also a career-best mark for a full season.
Hicks parlayed that impressive year and his uncommon youth in free agency (27 years old) into his current four-year contract. He’ll have another two years to get back on track at Fenway Park, and he’ll still be headed into just his age-31 season when he reaches free agency for a second time after the 2027 campaign.
“shoulder injury”
Can we get him a full blown tommy john for this? I know it’s different parts of the body, but we could do a buy-one, get-one. He gets a surgery and a one-way ticket to any city not named Boston!
Can we do this, please?
We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
I all for a 10 year rebuild plan!
…Better, stronger, faster.
The Six-Million ERA Man.
I would rather have The Bionic Woman. With her jumping ability she could rob batters of home runs lol
As they say, relievers are ‘volatile’ from year to year. This is obviously a mental health IL placement. The Sox are not going to DFA him with $24M left on his contract. They’ll work to straighten him out over the winter and hope he can regain his form as a back of the bullpen contributor. If he’s not right by the AS break of 2026, they will send him packing and eat the rest of the money owed to him.
They could have actually put him on the IL for mental health reasons, Daniel Bard and Chris Martin went on the IL for anxiety.
Not trying to argue, completely agree with what your saying. I just don’t think that it’s actually a shoulder issue. I am still annoyed at the blatant IL manipulation for Yoshida, but that’s a story for another time.
Joemo, I’m also suspicious with Yoshida as are probably many others but didn’t a team get penalized a couple years back? The league monitors it. What I’m thinking is he was hurt in SF and while the Giants “took” 100% of the Devers’ contract, Boston was forced to take on Hicks. The injury probably got worse in Boston to the point where he needs to go on the IL. I don’t think this is a mental health break situation. Regardless, I prefer Murphy.
Totally understand, Joemo. No offense taken at all. When it comes to Yoshida, his shoulder was definitely the reason why he was kept on the IL. He admitted as much when interviewed. He couldn’t make the throws from the OF which was the only position open to him (as a 5th or 6th OFer) since the already had a LHH DH in Devers at the time. He could have come back sooner as a DH but there was no room for him and teams have the right to keep a player on the IL if they cannot throw, regardless of their position.
Dotty – Actions speak louder than words.
Yes Yoshida had legit issues throwing for distance coming out of ST.
But Cora saying he would be placed on the IL because he’s an outfielder was 100% crap. At the time they had 5 outfielders ahead of him, 6 if you count Roman. Yoshida was never gonna be an outfielder, that was just an excuse to IL him.
And it’s been proven Cora was full of crap because despite the injuries to Abreu and Roman, how many games has Yoshida started in the outfield? THREE, that’s all.
I’m still annoyed at the fact they let Schwarber go because they planned on getting Masa a year later for what they knew would be a lower AAV…
red – The funny thing is part of the Yoshida signing involved ownership believing they could use him to establish a Japanese pipeline the same way they used Pedro to establish a Dominican pipeline.
Yamamoto, Ohtani, Senga, Shota, Roki etc all had a good laugh at that one!
Shocking
what did sox get outta the devers deal again? a bowl of clam chowder?
Yeah but the Giants got an overpaid pudsicle in return.
giants got a superstar
sf is a pitcher park and devers has hit more HRs than he did in boston in less games. very impressive. might hit 40 bombs overall this yr. meanwhile harrison hasnt made a single major lg appearance and is shaky in the minors. tibbs was traded after a wk. and hicks is garbage and is now out with injury. i mean literally sox woulda gotten more outta the deal if they acquired a bunch of lobster rolls. sox fans can whine and complain all they want. they gave up hof’er betts. now they gave up hof’er devers. but keep whining and crying about how its for the best. sf got an elite bat for literally nothing. nada. zip. zero. the worst trade in the history of baseball since babe ruth. another sox classic
You must have flunked out of troll school.
I think it has potential to surpass the Betts trade in terms of how bad the return was.
Verdugo was at least replacement level for two seasons and Wong had one good season.
Hicks is awful. Thibbs -> May and May has been bad. Bello is a straight lottery ticket, so odds are he won’t pan out – maybe he does and somehow saves the trade. Maybe Harrison will finally learn a good secondary after pitching in parts of 3 MLB seasons – but I’m not holding my breath.
@ chandlerbing
“now they gave up hof’er devers.”
Edgar Martinez made it into the hall as a bat only, poor 3rd basemen who mostly DH’d later in his career. He had 8 seasons in which he produced over 150 OPS+.
David Ortiz made it into the hall as a bat only, poor 1st basemen who mostly DH’d later in his career. He had 7 seasons where he produced over 150 OPS+.
Raffy is going to be a bat only poor 3rd baseman who mostly DH’s later in his career. To this point in his career (probably close to the halfway point) he has produced a total of ZERO seasons with an OPS+ of 150 or better.
Devers is not sniffing the hall unless he either gets way better at hitting or learns to actually provide some value with his glove.
Suit, while I agree with your post, I have to admit… pudsicle made me laugh
I’m pretty sure the Red Sox are way better off with a bunch of young premier talent without Devers around to show them how to be complete jerks. It’s addition by subtraction. I just wonder exactly how long Buster Posey will put up with it? I’m betting not very long.
The Red Sox have consistently ran good players (and coaches) out of town. It won’t be long until they treat the next crop of young talent poorly and run them out of town.
This coming from a long time Red Sox fan.
Just wait until the team keeps having good seasons that are wasted because they refuse to add what’s needed at the deadline, or cheap out on FA yet again and see how long it takes for the players to realize what’s going on.
You can debate if getting a really good hitter is a good idea even if the contact is underwater. However in the end, you have to decide which players you want to have your big money contracts. By refusing to play 1B, or even take ground balls there, he did that. It means that every day you’d have to play Gonzalez or Toro, over two of Yoshida, Anthony, Duran, or Abreu. How well is someone like that going to age anyways?
From what I know of Breslow and as long as the owners don’t run him out of town, Things will change in that area pretty soon,. Unfortunately all the good people Hoyer has run out of town are all doing are doing better than him. The Cubs keep letting the wrong guys go. Kastrovince is probably next and he could follow Breslow there. If he does you should be happy.
The Red Sox have changed CBO/whatever nearly every four years.
Cherington (2011-2015)
Dombrowski (2015-2019)
Bloom (2020-2023)
Cherington and DD won world series titles. Doesn’t really bode well for Breslow.
That ChandlerBong dude must do the same stuff Mathew Perry used to do. The Giants didn’t get a Superstar. Superstars lead by example, Play where they’re told to and always show up up no matter what’s going on around them. The Giants got a Gigantic Hemorrhoid. Pass the Prep H.
Give it up, dude. There’s zero evidence of Buster giving him nothing but love. For a long time. Get out of your own head and take a peek at reality.
At uncle Mike
The Red Sox shed a massive contract. If any of the players they received in the trade turn out to be “useful”, that’s just a bonus. The money they saved is going to help extend players like R. Anthony, A. Bregman and P. Tolle? Devers will not be in the HOF. He does not keep himself in good shape, is often battling injuries, is horrible defensively and has never even finished in the top-10 in MVP voting. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to see the Giants knock off the Dodgers, but I am glad Devers is no longer in Boston.
You forgot:
Jose Bello 4-1, 3.02 in Rookie League
While being way older than everyone else there
And yet I am so okay with it.
Perhaps you weren’t aware, but Devers has already played 19 games at 1B, and currently sports a .993 fielding percentage. He’ll be just fine with the Giants, and if he continues on this pace, he indeed will be HOF-worthy in the end. Thanks for the trade!
Devers cant play defense, has no speed and is a terrible influence on the youngsters.
Look how much better the Sox got when he was gone. You’re crying now that they made a mistake? The only reason the Sox will struggle now is Criswell, Dobbins, Abreu, Anthony and others are all on the DL.
The Sox looked like a world series team all summer and the irony is, i wouldnt be too surprised if the Giants traded Fatboy this offseason.
Stats are not everything, Devers 35+ homers isnt worth all the baggage he brings with it.
You should follow the Giants a bit before you comment. The Giants are currently the hottest team in MLB, winning 10-11 of their last games. Devers is on fire, and the team chemistry is undeniable. He’s played 19 games at 1B with a .993 fielding percentage (one error). He’s got Will Clark coaching him, so there’s that. The Devers we got is not the Devers y’all gave away. Just admit your team handled his situation poorly from the beginning. For some reason, he’s happy to play 1B here, and has also played 3B in a pinch a couple games ago. We’re more than thrilled to have Devers on our team.
Or uses PEDs like Papi…
Anyone who thinks the Devers trade was a baseball trade is naive. It was a salary and headache dump.
Woo… uhmmm… hoo?
bing – I totally agree!
Since the beginning of August, Devers has hit 11 homers and has a 1.031 OPS while playing both first base and third base.
That’s the superstar player the Sox gave up for nothing, only because they mistreated him horrifically.
Harrison is down to work on some stuff and is now hurt. He’s not a bust.. they also got Jose Bello, a pitcher that is only 20 years old and has looked good in the minors so far…
And 40 bombs? He has 30.. he isn’t getting 10 more this season.. he’d have to homer every other game lol
red – Raffy has 10 homeruns in his last 25 games.
Hitting 10 more homeruns in his remaining 21 games is certainly possible.
Last year he homered in 6 straight games.
Ha ha. Keep telling yourself that. The Giants got 139 wRC+
Dudes been great. No drama, happy, seems tight with the boys. The Giants got very lucky.
I guess Giant fans were so desperate to obtain a Superstar they will manufacture one in their own minds. After years of losing every FA they chased they settled on this guy. And everything I’ve learned over the years is Buster Posey is an old school guy. He won’t put up with Devers if he keeps it up.
I didn’t say he was a superstar. I said he had a 139wRc+ and described my observations of his attitude as a Giant. But yes, we were desperate for a Devers.
Keeps what up ? What is it that Buster won’t put up with ? There’s nothing there. It’s all inside your head. The hilarious part is that if Devers continues rolling along at being great for the next 5 years…you will still be saying “Buster won’t put with it, it will all come apart soon”
Farking hilarious.
Hey i could care less about the Giants so tell yourself whatever you want to get yourself through the day, LMAO. I’m just glad he’s not in Chicago and I know he won’t be anytime soon because the Cubs won’t even pay Tucker and his salary would cover the White Sox payroll for the last 12 years with money left over.. Bon Apetit!
Man up. Answer the question. What’s he doing that Buster won’t put up with ? I’m curious.
Not running out grounders, Starting fights, Won’t play where he’s told. Those are things Buster wouldn’t have put up with AS A PLAYER! Remember when they got him and he said oh yeah I’ll play 1B! That lasted about a week. Last time I checked Chapman is gonna be around for awhile so his position of choice is full. So if he wouldn’t put up with that guy as a PLAYER, What exactly makes you think he will as a POBO? Wow. Even the Cub announcers were dogging him for the way he was acting and they got swept. LOL
When did he not run out a grounder ?
When did he start a fight ?
When did he not play where he’s told ?
This is America today. Folks lack any semblance of logic and embrace a binary perspective. Devers is not the devil nor is he the HOF. He is a very good player at a very high salary.
I’ve always been a fan of extending the kids and paying good money for starting pitcher. So this works for me. But it is a talent for money move. That’s all.
Keep looking at saberstats that don’t measure chemistry or what your eyes sometimes sees and tells you. Baseball is a team sport and Devers proved he’s a selfish child.
fopp – Can’t rationalize with him. I like Uncle, but when it comes to Raffy he’s a little obsessed/unhinged. LOL
Relief from $29M per year for 8 1/2 years.
It’s possible for both team to win or lose a trade. Loss/loss win/win happen all the time
Stop with this. Getting rid of devers was the return and Harrison is still promising.
Harrison’s ceiling is a 4th starter
Yeah man. The lineup sure is looking great without Devers in it.
If Harrison is still promising, why didn’t he start yesterday instead of the BP game?
Thank God Devers is gone though. His 144 OPS+ with 30HR? Who needs that! What we really need is a relief pitcher with an era north of 8, a SP with an era north of 5, and a former top pitching prospect who still has potential! Wowie. What a winning trade for the Sox.
Because he has an ankle injury. Maybe look it up before commenting
Have you seen the sox record since the trade? If you think that happens with Devers and his baggage yer dreaming
“ankle injury” just like Hicks “shoulder injury”
None of the major Sox reporters mentioned the ankle injury, they instead were reporting that he’d be called up in the days leading up to wednesday. And a quote from the man himself:
Results from the MRI came back clean, and structurally everything was sound with his left ankle, according to Harrison.
Nice try though.
Yeah man their record would somehow be worse by replacing the fantastic production of Toro and Yoshida with Devers.
You can’t honestly believe that statement….
Why didn’t Harrison start? He’s hurt dude!!! And yeah, the lineup is looking great! So is the clubhouse. Sox have the third best record in baseball since the trade. Giants won’t be making the playoffs..
Get a new tin foil hat buddy. This front office wasn’t afraid to trade devers in the first place, you think they care at all about how they look by bringing up a pitcher. That’s ridiculous.
Giants are surging right now. They actually have an outside shot to make the playoffs now that their team is healthy.
The lineup from Wednesday looks amazing: baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS202509030.shtm…
You’re delusional.
Sox should make the playoffs, but in a year with a very weak AL they missed their chance to run away.
Joe i don’t think they are better without his production but its hard to argue the actual results ..the record speaks for itself with him they were a struggling 500 team..
For years now..
And as soon as hes dealt they have a top 5 record in mlb? Is it the pitching maybe..point is his bat hasn’t been missed
Joemo… How are your Yankees going to hold up this weekend vs. the Blue Jays?
Don’t forget Jose Bello, he could turn into something also. I just hope that Harrison is used more as a bullpen guy where he can be elite.
They’d seemingly start anyone but him
Tang – Harrison hasn’t made a good album since Dark Horse in 1974.
Not nearly enough in return.
“Not nearly enough in return.”
And what does that tell you about how other teams valued that overpaid crybaby?
He was not openly being shopped. What are you talking about?
He was shopped at different points and no one previously was willing to take on the full salary (less Hicks). They jumped on it and accepted the offer while it was on the table. Case closed.
hop – Red Sox created a situation where they had to trade him, and all 29 other teams knew it and therefore had all the leverage.
Rushing a trade and not shopping him didn’t help either.
And they compounded their blunder by trading Tibbs for a crappy rental player.
I didn’t like the tibbs move but the Devers move was fine.
Fever- Trading away a solid prospect for May is looking worse every time he loses a game. All the people who are thrilled we got rid of Buehler when May is providing the same results and cost a prospect that could have been used in a package for someone better.
I was not thrilled with the Devers trade because of the loss to the offense, but with the way management and Devers handled the change of positions I don’t think he was going to be in a positive headspace with the team. It is unfortunate because he may end up being a serviceable 1st baseman with excellent offense. I am losing hope on Casas being the high level player we had hoped he would be (really wishing that he proves me wrong and comes back better than ever).
In the end I am more worried about the quality of our pitching when it comes to making a successful run in the playoffs. We are losing too many games to below average teams thanks to the bottom of our rotation.
The good thing is we have a very solid core of young players to build on.
Uncle – As always, great post!
Yes Breslow & C9mpany have a major flaw – they are very arrogant in believing they can “fix” every pitcher. And they thought they could instantly “fix” May, instead of pursuing a proven solid SP at the trade deadline.
The Raffy trade was necessary, I have been saying that since ST when people here kept insisting it would never come to that. As usual, those people were proven wrong.
I never believe in writing off players just because of injuries. Don’t give up on Casas. Look at Story, can you imagine what people would have said in ST if I had told them he would play 160 and be the team MVP?
Without question the bottom half of the rotation is a concern. The Priester trade is looking incredibly bad even if he hadn’t turned into an above average MLB pitcher.
Tolle has been overhyped, he pitched last night and looked awful. He had no control, his pitches had no movement, and he wasn’t fooling anyone even though he had the advantage of never having faced the Arizona lineup before. I’m not saying he will flame out, but he definitely was rushed because the Sox had no other reasonable options.
The team needs Abreu and Roman back, that much is certain. Rafaela has been as bad as ever, which says a lot for him.
I saw the box score for Tolle and was thinking the same thing that maybe he needs a bit more seasoning before he is ready for the majors. I know they are desperate for starters which could have been handled with a few more reliable starters in the offseason and at the deadline. I get that they see potential in some of the starters they picked up, but there is a big difference between potential and proven quality.
The positive is that they have made huge strides in building their pitching pipeline that is developing in the minors. Hopefully this will allow them to rely less on these reclamation projects which so seldom pan out.
Uncle – Did you see Rafaela finally admit he is the one that called off Duran last night. What an idiot, he had no chance of catching that ball. His ego is killing the team, he needs to be benched a few games.
They got a better record.
chandler – Addition by subtraction. Sox dumped a load of a contract and a malcontented crybaby who is as far from a team player as you’ll find.
let – I’m pretty sure Bing and everyone else here has heard the quotes from guys who actually WERE on a team with Raffy and said he was an excellent team player. No offense, but I think their opinion counts a tad bit more than yours ;O)
Here’s just one of many, in case you somehow missed it ;O)
“”He was the best, man. Like, awesome teammate, willing to do whatever he had to,” Yastrzemski said during his August 11 appearance on the “Foul Territory” podcast. “…I think sometimes as players you have to stick up for yourself, and I think that’s what he tried to do, and I think the wording of it was delivered poorly because he’s an awesome teammate, he works his tail off, he tries to help everybody.”
Of course Raffy has acted better on SF. He doesn’t want another team to become disillusioned with him and dump him.
All- Until the position change I don’t remember hearing any complaints about Raffy not being a team player and thought I remembered them talking about him taking on more of a leadership role in recent years. I think the big issue was a lack of communication and preparation in getting him ready for taking on a different role.
I am not sure why management insisted on publicly saying he would not potentially switch positions until after Bregman was signed. That should have been an ongoing discussion as well as giving him reps at 1st to see how he felt about it. No reason not to be upfront from the beginning. Maybe it would not have made a difference and Raffy being traded was a given. It was just unfortunate that it made both Raffy and the organization look so negative.
Uncle: I thought Raffy showed poor character in the past years when he would complain about things to the media such trade deadline activity. In my opinion, if you are a team guy, you keep your complaints behind closed doors like a good manager keeps his criticism of players behind closed doors. Maybe the Red Sox didn’t anticipate it taking a long time to get Raffy ready for 1B. He seemed to take up 1B pretty quickly in SF. I think Raffy should have been more flexible in Boston. He had nothing to lose as he has his big contract in place. It’s a bad example for the young players to see a guy complaining to the media, especially one who has been paid. So, I’m guessing Raffy has learned his lesson and is on his best behavior in SF. I never wanted to sign him to a long deal, so I’m happy SF took on his contract.
All- I may have not paid attention to players reaction to the lack of trade deadline activity, because I was listening more to fan and journalist reaction. To be honest I don’t know that I would hold it against players to show frustration who are hearing all the trade rumors, trying to keep the team from dropping out of contention, and have the team make no significant moves to improve the team at the deadline when they are seeing improvement from their competition.
I was really disappointed with the May trade based on his stats and the fact that they gave any prospects for a questionable rental. Thus far he has been even worse than I expected. If they were not going to go all in, hang on to prospects for the offseason and deal with Buehler being your number 5 pitcher. May looks like he could end up being even worse than what we were getting from Buehler who was obviously a major bust.
I hope I am wrong and we start another winning streak soon where we are not just relying on Crochet, Gio, and Bello to win every game to keep us close to the Blue Jays and Yankees.
Uncle: I think that if you want to have a good relationship with someone, you don’t take your gripes into the media and the media kept coming to him for more. Pitching is insanely expensive these days. The price is high even for a guy like May. I guess they had enough of Buehler. It’s too bad Houck, Dobbins, Criswell and Fitts got hurt. I know you like Tibbs, but I am not that high on him. I think he might be an average MLB player at best. He struck out a lot in the Red Sox AA. The Red Sox are pretty stocked with outfielders. Kristian Campbell might move to the outfield. Winning may be pretty tough without Abreu and Anthony. Hopefully Abreu gets back soon.
All- My hope was Tibbs might be useful in a package to get a more significant upgrade. I know all of the teams were overpaying for pitching at the deadline and don’t know that anyone got a difference maker as far as starters. Definitely some high end relievers exchanged hands, but they cost a lot as well.
I guess I just expected more to happen with big names being moved, but it may be that the price was unreasonable. The Sox were not exactly one starter away from a World Series title, so the only big move that would have made sense was getting a young high end starter that they could control for years to come.
I know most fans were adamant about not giving up any of the outfielders, but really good pitching is so difficult to find. We will see if what they did was the right choice. We desperately need our offense to heat up or the pitching is not going to matter.
Uncle: Agreed about the offense. I think they really tried to get Joe Ryan from the Twins. Buster Olney reported that, from his discussions with people around baseball, the Twins were not really interested in trading him. I would not want to trade a lot for a two month rental like Texas did for Merrill Kelley.
He gone
Is the name of that injury “I-suck-itis” by any chance?
SupraServingMeatballsTicularTitis?
I read that wrong
Ah, a classic case of “bad at pitching,” I fear it’s terminal.
Keep him there. For the remainder of his contract
All these brutal relievers the Red Sox have had over these last few years… Makes you(I) appreciate a certain one who was run out of town(6.50plus ERA) a few years ago and is having a great year with the Cubs(before all-star break) I like the fact the Red Sox are trying to put together a staff that’s solid 1-10, 11 whatever it is now and not giving last spot to the brutal pitcher who you wouldn’t trust getting the last out in a LLWS game….
The problem is that you need about 1,500 innings. Starters give you 120-180, relievers give you 40-80. That leaves a lot of innings left past the first 12 guys. It’s a crap shoot 13-18.
So true Hayzee, but looking at roster is there anyone else who would come close to you ready to jump out of basement window than Hicks?? So crazy that a guy who hits98-99 mph can be so hit able…
Yes, I put him at 19. Ugh,
Seems like zero control of the fastball, mixed with off speed pitches bouncing off bats really, really well
olm – You know May is still on the staff, right? ;O)
I’m kinda surprised they used him in relief Wednesday. Is he out of the rotation? If so, who the heck is gonna replace him?
The Red Sox didn’t want Jordan Hicks. His ERA was 6.4 when the trade happened. He was in the trade as a salary offset. $250M due to Devers, minus $30M due to Hicks, equals $220M effective.
Wouldn’t surprise me if they released him in the offseason, or next year.
What’s the point in that? He will be 29 all of the next season and has relatively low mileage with past success as a reliever. He can work out as one in the offseason and they bring him back in S.T.
I agree, I think the plan should be to give him a full offseason and ramp-up as a reliever for next year. If it’s not working out then they can move on, but it seems hasty to cut him for a 40-man spot this winter.
I would agree w YBC. The guy has electric stuff. The problem is that’s either a foot out of the zone or directly on the barrel of a bat. Maybe a full ST w Bailey can help him out.
swan – It’s possible, but considering Hicks has been on 4 teams over the past 2 years …… probably not gonna happen. It’s difficult to believe Bailey can fix a guy who three other teams couldn’t.
Creature doesn’t understand the 40 man roster reality coming in December. Hicks is close to the end in Boston.
You don’t generally release a guy with that type of talent. He’s had some awesome RP numbers before this season.
He makes for an excellent HR derby pitcher…
Hicks just doesn’t seem to have that bulldog personality on the mound and when he is not all over the place, he throws dead center pitches, also known as meatballs!
Bad – That’s what we call a million dollar arm with a ten cent brain ;o)
That trade is looking better and better for the Buster Posey led Giants, with every passing day.
So far anyway…looong way to go (many years) before we can fully assess.
goob – Agreed! With Raffy it will all depend on health.
But if he stays healthy, he will be EXTREMELY valuable as a .990 OPS hitter who can also play both first base and third base.
Is there a 425,000 day IL? I think Jordan needs some extended time off.
Butt hurt and damaged ego.. I recommend out for the season. Meaning the ’26 season.
Bruised ego.
Wounded pride.
Giants bad contract is now a Red Sox bad contract.
Soto, Red Sox are use to having bad contracts its part of the game, While they didn’t get much for Betts( he wasn’t gonna sign and wanted to test FA) they got rid of Price’s contract and in this case Raffy’s.. By today’s salary”s SF probably did get a bargain for a elite bat, what Boston does with savings moving forward will be a tell tale… So far I like the fact they are using some of it to lock up their young talent…
Kelly probably doesn’t pitch again til Sunday at the earliest. Seems like a move to bring up a fresh innings eater
That was the best use of Kelly and May.
Hicks reached the majors earlier than expected because he had a great spring training and because Matheny, who overused and burned out all of his good relievers, lobbied hard for him to make the team .on opening today. I know there is no way to know these things, but I wonder if he had been kept in the minors and brought up gradually when other relievers got hurt, if his career would have turned out differently.
And at every opportunity (yesterday), Cora will run him out there to prove he would be a better CBO in 2026+ then Breslow.
Now do Dustin May
I have a bad feeling that them not bringing in a better SP than him at the trade deadline may be what ends up costing them in the playoffs.
HBan – No, because #5 SP’s don’t start in the postseason.
We don’t have to wait that long. It has already cost them dearly in the regular season.