How Cubs’ Jordan Wicks is looking to elevate his game after a strong 2023 debut

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How Cubs’ Jordan Wicks is looking to elevate his game after a strong 2023 debut
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Wicks worked on mechanics during the offseason with hope of improving his four-seam fastball, which he's been throwing more often in 2024.

Three starts into the season and looks like he is starting to make the strides needed to build on his 2023 season. His ERA isn’t pretty, but there is so much more to his game that has shown up early this season that was lacking last year. Despite his showing poise and mound presence from the get-go last summer, looking at Wicks’ peripherals last year should have given people pause. Rarely is a 16.3 percent strikeout rate enough to thrive in this league.

This year, he’s using his changeup and sinker around 18.4 percent of the time, and his four-seam usage has jumped to 48.1 percent. It’s early, and these numbers will fluctuate, but how Wicks is using his arsenal and where he’s attacking hitters has changed. That’s happened because he’s found a consistent delivery that has allowed him to maximize his pitch mix. “It felt last year we got too down-and-away dependent,” Wicks said. “Sinker, changeup, all that stuff out there.

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