{"id":88242,"date":"2025-09-04T16:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=88242"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:52:49","slug":"shocker-red-sox-sideline-fireballer-jordan-hicks-with-alarming-injury-while-playoff-hopes-teeter-in-fenway-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=88242","title":{"rendered":"Shocker: Red Sox Sideline Fireballer Jordan Hicks with Alarming Injury, While Playoff Hopes Teeter in Fenway Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/DCGBJQWJBFB7HKOZQFOL7OBNQE.jpg?auth=0cd531e922f6d4c76e2af1a2280452656637dcbf2c3eead342960189bc88ed92&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Red Sox unplug Jordan Hicks with IL stint, recall lefty from Triple-A -  masslive.com\" \/><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Red Sox are placing right-hander <strong>Jordan Hicks<\/strong> on the 15-day IL due to a shoulder injury, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports. Southpaw <strong>Chris Murphy<\/strong> will be recalled from Triple-A Worcester to take Hicks\u2019 spot in Boston\u2019s bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks came to the Red Sox alongside <strong>Kyle Harrison<\/strong>, <strong>Jose Bello<\/strong> and the since-traded (for <strong>Dustin May<\/strong>) <strong>James Tibbs<\/strong> III in the June blockbuster sending <strong>Rafael Devers<\/strong> to the Giants. The veteran righty is in the second season of a four-year, $44MM deal signed with San Francisco in the 2023-24 offseason. The Giants tried Hicks as a starter both last year and this season, but he hasn\u2019t held up in that role. The Sox have been using him in the bullpen, and the results through his first two-plus months have been nightmarish.<\/p>\n<p>In 18 2\/3 innings with the Red Sox, Hicks has been crushed for 17 runs (8.20 ERA) on 25 hits and a dozen walks. He\u2019s also plunked four batters and tossed six wild pitches \u2014 all while striking out a career-worst 15.5% of his opponents. Manager Alex Cora has still used Hicks in plenty of leverage spots, and the organization was surely hopeful that he could return to his prior standing as a coveted, flamethrowing setup man.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that\u2019ll still be the case down the road. The Red Sox have Hicks signed through 2027, and he\u2019ll earn $12MM in each of the next two seasons. It\u2019s important for them to try to get the righty sorted out, but for the time being, he\u2019ll be down for the next two weeks at the very least. This will be the eighth IL stint for Hicks since he landed on the IL in 2019 for a UCL tear and required Tommy John surgery \u2014 and the third shoulder-related IL stint dating back to Aug. 2024.<\/p>\n<p><em>More to come.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (10)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Sox will place struggling reliever Jordan Hicks on the injured list due to a shoulder issue. 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