The San Francisco Giants announced this afternoon that Jordan Hicks would be placed on the 15-day IL with right shoulder inflammation. It’s a blow to an overworked bullpen and another sign that the team’s pitching plan formulated this offseason didn’t survive reality.
Hicks’ conversion from reliever to starter more or less worked. I think you’d might grade it a C+/B- overall, especially after his first 12 starts (April through May) where he had a 2.70 ERA (3.85 FIP) in 63.1 innings. He made just 8 more starts after May ended, though, and posted a 6.