Baseball is a game of adjustments. Jordan Hicks figured something out at the end of May: Hicks started throwing more four-seam fastballs. Seemingly as a result of this, hitters swung and missed more at his pitches, his strikeouts increased and his walks were less frequent. In my last update, I wondered whether Hicks was wearing down. He had been giving up more runs and contact. He also looked to be using his two-seamer more.
On Tuesday night Jordan Hicks gave up one run on two walks and some weak contact hits, but just before that he had a string of three very good outings where he pitched three innings and stuck out seven batters while walking three.