Right-hander Jordan Hicks and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a four-year, $44 million contract, sources told ESPN, with the plan being to convert him from the bullpen into a full-time starter.
Hicks, 27, has experience as a starter, working there almost exclusively in his two minor league seasons and spending eight games in the rotation with the St.
Louis Cardinals in 2022. At 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, he has a starter's build, and even if his velocity recedes with the move, he will still be among the hardest-throwing pitchers in baseball.
A source said Hicks can also make up to $2 million per year in performance bonuses. Perhaps the most sought-after relief pitcher at the 2023 trade deadline, Hicks was dealt from the Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays for two prospects.