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Michael Darrell-Hicks

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 231 lb
Number: #68

Born: November 13, 1997 in Parkersburg, WV, United States
MLB debut: April 11, 2025
College: Jacksonville

dbWAR: .0
IP: 9.2
ERA: 7.45
FIP: 4.38
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 105

Michael Darrell-Hicks was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2025 he struck out 8 batters over 9.2 innings across 7 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 7.45 was 79.1% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 4.38 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.1% of swings (11.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.6%. His 0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.

FIP4.38

K/97.4

WHIP1.45

WAR.0

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2025	LAA/PIT	7	0	9.2	1	0	0	10	8	8	4	7.45	4.38	1.45	7.4	3.7	179	105	0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	14	14	2	1	0	6	.143	.143	.357	.206	42.9%
vs RHB	29	22	8	0	4	2	.364	.448	.409	.382	6.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Michael Darrell-Hicks throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.


Sinker	43.0%	68	94.3	2,266	39.7%	10.0%	20	.350	.940
Cutter	33.5%	53	87.4	2,572	43.4%	28.6%	9	—	—
Sweeper	19.0%	30	83.2	2,749	36.7%	46.2%	4	—	—

Michael Darrell-Hicks's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.