Hicks had one bad outing with command where he didn’t even blow the game and he’s being compared to the worst pitcher in Baseball in 2023 and Nate Pearson lmao.
Fujinami = Big Arm no semblance of command. Probably a really good project but shouldn’t have been used in the some of the situations the Orioles have used him.
Pearson has an arrow straight fastball. Hicks fastball moves everywhere. Pearson can be effective with his velocity but only if he’s throwing atleast one of his other pitches for strikes. Which doesn’t happen often enough. So they sit heater and demolish it regardless of how hard he throws it.
Hicks doesn’t get squared up and hit hard because all his pitches move a metric f*** ton. He gets himself in trouble with command as a result. BABIP f***s him more than anything. If you get contact off a Hicks it’s usually on the ground. Even his mistakes. Pearson’s and Fujinami’s end up over the wall.