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Boston initially acquired Hicks in 2025 as a part of the Rafael Devers commerce.
One of many centerpieces of a 2025 Red Sox blockbuster commerce seems to be headed elsewhere.
Aid pitcher Jordan Hicks is being traded to the White Sox, based on a number of reviews (first noted by ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan). Boston can be sending right-handed pitching prospect David Sandlin to Chicago. In return, the Pink Sox are reportedly getting minor league pitcher Gage Ziehl, per MassLive’s Chris Cotillo (who additionally reported that Boston will ship “some cash” to Chicago as a part of the transfer).
“Wage transfer,” noted Cotillo in a fast abstract of the commerce on social media. Hicks is set to make $12.5 million in 2026, and has yet another 12 months left on his contract for 2027.
Hicks, 29, had been part of a 2025 blockbuster, when the Pink Sox acquired him together with Kyle Harrison, James Tibbs III, and Jose Bello in trade for slugger Rafael Devers. The controversial decision to trade Devers drew many of the consideration on the time, however Hicks was one of many increased profile gamers in Boston’s return for Devers.
Nonetheless, the hard-throwing righty struggled in Boston, posting an 8.20 ERA in 18.2 innings of labor for the Pink Sox in 2025.
If accomplished, it might be the thirteenth Pink Sox commerce of the present offseason.
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