Astros right-hander James Hicks brought the kitchen sink with him to throw at Arizona Fall League hitters, and, boy, did it work.
The organization’s No. 26 prospect may not have any plus pitches, but he used all of them to earn Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Year honors after tossing 14 scoreless innings for the Scottsdale Scorpions.
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Some pitchers have a full arsenal. Hicks’ is bursting at the seams. The 13th-round pick in the 2023 Draft out of South Carolina has as many as six pitches at his disposal. A low-90s two-seamer with sink is his primary fastball, but he’ll now add in a slightly harder four-seamer. His mid-80s changeup is his best secondary offering, and elicited a 56-percent miss rate in the AFL, according to Synergy. From the breaki

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