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Jordan Wicks, P

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Scouting report

Wicks has arguably the best changeup in the 2021 draft and his fastball, while not all that hard, has traits that enable it to play at the top of the strike zone, though Wicks hasn't yet worked up there with it. His breaking stuff is mediocre but workable so long as those pitches are located well, which Wicks' general feel for strike-throwing suggests they will be. Arizona gave high school lefty Avery Short, a similarly-built pitcher with a similar delivery, just shy of $1 million to sign him away from Louisville because his fastball had traits similar to Wicks'. Wicks has that, throws a little harder, has a much better secondary weapon in his changeup, and a track record of college performance, so he's in line for well above $1 million if he holds his stuff in 2021.

Name	Age	Lvl	Team	Level	G	GS	IP	ERA	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	FIP	xFIP	SIERA
Jordan Wicks 241.0	25	B	CHC	mlb	11	10	46.0	5.48	8.2	3.9	1.8	5.32	4.66	4.63