If you don’t know about Jordan Hicks, allow us to introduce him to you.
The St Louis Cardinals reliever is one of the hardest throwers in all of baseball and proved that on Sunday. He pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless ball to secure the 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. During his appearance, he hit triple-digits on the radar gun multiple times, include 105 mph twice.
During a 5-pitch strikeout of Odubel Herrera, all of Hicks’ pitches were clocked at at least 103.7 mph by Statcast.
Jordan Hicks' five pitches to Herrera according to Statcast:
104.2 mph sinker
105 mph sinker
104.3 mph sinker
105 mph sinker
103.7 mph sinker#stlcards #cardinals #MLB— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) May 20, 2018
Here’s a look at some of those pitches:
Jordan Hicks, 105mph Fastball movement. pic.twitter.com/jdu1hbO7N2
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 20, 2018
Jordan Hicks goes 105, 104, 105 and 104 mph.
And, Odubel gets the well-deserved participation trophy, getting 1b on the dropped 3rd. pic.twitter.com/IMQrTyDuHy
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 20, 2018
The 21-year-old has a 2.05 ERA in 22 innings this season. He surprisingly does not have more strikeouts (nine in 22 innings) despite throwing as hard as he does.
