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Jordan Wicks

2026
Cubs· LHP · throws L· 10.1 IP· 10.45 ERA· 1.94 WHIP· 50 batters faced

Grade

His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.
Cbetter than 40% of qualified pitchers at limiting bases
StarterCommand Artist

Rarely walks anyone and lets the defense work.

Wicks has been below average at limiting bases

The simulator expects him to allow 0.459 bases per batter faced, better than 40% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting walks (82nd percentile). His weakest skill is getting strikeouts (26th percentile).

His grade rests on 50 batters faced, with data through 2026-09-27.

How to read this chart
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size, not a raw season stat, and farther out is better. A ↓ marks a stat where a lower number is better, and its spoke is flipped so farther out still means better. The middle ring marks the league median and the outer ring the league best. Percentiles compare him with 517 qualified pitchers, those with 100+ batters faced, starters and relievers together. He has not reached that bar himself, so he is measured against them rather than counted among them.

Plays like…

Each of these pitchers shares his archetype and sits closest to him in xEB/PA.

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Pitcher type

This map shows what kind of pitcher he is, next to the league.

Arsenal

These cards show what he throws and what each pitch does.

Jordan Wicks mixes his four-seam fastball (38%) and changeup (28%). His best pitch has been the four-seam fastball, saving 1.0 bases per 100 thrown against league average.

Pitch mix & swing-and-miss

+5 bases better than a replacement arm this season

He allowed about 24 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 29 over the same batters faced.

Replacement level is per-batter and can't be split by pitch type, so the bars below use league average.

All pitches

He saved 0.9 bases against league average across 120 pitches, or 0.7 per 100 pitches.

Four-Seam Fastball
38%
93.1 mph · LHP median 93.5
18% whiffs · Lg median 21%
saved 1.0 per 1000.7 total
Changeup
28%
83.0 mph · LHP median 85.1
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saved 0.5 per 1000.2 total
Slider
not charted
20%
86.2 mph · LHP median 85.6
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Sinker
not charted
8%
93.2 mph · LHP median 92.9
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Curveball
not charted
4%
80.2 mph · LHP median 79.9
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Only his four-seam fastball and changeup are in the charts below, because the rest were tracked too rarely to plot.

He rarely throws his sweeper (1% of his pitches).

How to read this chart
Each row is a pitch he throws at least 3% of the time, from pitch tracking in the regular season. The bar is how often he throws it, then its average velocity and its whiff rate, the share of swings that miss. Beside the velocity and the whiff rate is the median for that pitch, among pitchers of his hand for velocity and across the league for whiffs. More whiffs are better for a pitcher, while usage and velocity describe how he pitches. The Bases vs average bars score each pitch against a league-average pitch in the same count, and a bar to the left (saved) is better.

By appearance

These charts follow his velocity, movement and mix from outing to outing.

These charts follow his velocity, movement and pitch mix one outing at a time, and each pitch keeps the same color in every chart. The velocity and movement charts also shade the middle of the league for scale. Only his four-seam fastball and changeup are in these charts, because the rest were tracked too rarely to plot.

Platoon splits

This section splits his results against lefties and righties.

Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)

He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.038 EB/PA allowed.

50% probable range: +0.029 to +0.046

vs LHB17 PA0.432

vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.432 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.408 to 0.455, based on 17 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.493 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.

vs RHB33 PA0.469

vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.469 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.447 to 0.492, based on 33 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.451 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.

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Below league medianAbove50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

His split is about typical for a lefty arm (median 0.038). Against righty bats he allows more than the league median, which is a real platoon weakness.

How to read this chart
  • Each dot is his estimate against that side, with its 50% probable range as the bar. These are bases allowed, so lower is better.
  • The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
  • The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of pitchers with 100 or more batters faced.
  • The two splits average back to his modeled overall EB/PA allowed, not the xEB/PA headline.
  • Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHB and RHB are left- and right-handed batters. More on the About page

Contact allowed

These cards show what hitters do when they make contact.

Batters go up the middle off him most often, and that's also where they do the most damage.

Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.

Batted balls allowed

Every ball hit off Jordan Wicks this season is drawn where it landed.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Esmerlyn ValdezHome run
106 mph · 25° · worth 3.4 bases
05/26 vs Pirates
vs Bryan ReynoldsDouble
101 mph · 12° · worth 1.9 bases
05/26 vs Pirates
vs Bryan ReynoldsDouble
110 mph · 16° · worth 1.8 bases
05/26 vs Pirates
vs Jake CronenworthSingle
98 mph · 14° · worth 1.4 bases
07/01 vs Padres
vs Samad TaylorTriple
98 mph · 26° · worth 1.2 bases
07/01 vs Padres

Luck check

How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB), what the contact was worth no matter what the defense did with it. Darker means more bases, so a dark hollow ring in the outfield is a crushed ball his defense ran down. Tap or hover a dot or a row to link the two, and use the ▶ links to watch a play on Baseball Savant.

Times through the order

These charts show what happens as hitters see him a second and third time.

Best games

These are his biggest outings this season.

Best games

These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.

Multi-season trends · Jordan Wicks

Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is down, his BB% is up and his K% is down.

Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.