“Yadi (Molina) knows our pitchers as well as anybody, and he’s looking at that type of talent and it’s like him getting behind a Ferrari,” said John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations. “Let Yadi have the steering wheel and see where he goes. It’s just rarefied air the kind of arm he has. There’s no way getting around that. In an era of big velocity and big horsepower he is still in that half of half of half of half of half of one percent on Earth that can do this. And I probably didn’t say enough halves.”
Hicks will join the team in New York on Wednesday, leapfrogging from low Class A Peoria to the major-league roster with only eight games at high Class A in between.