Roster Moves: Jordan Wicks selected from I-Cubs to make MLB debut, pitcher placed on IL |
PITTSBURGH – The Chicago Cubs today placed right-handed pitcher Michael Fulmer on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to August 25) with a right forearm strain and selected left-handed pitcher Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa.
Wicks will wear uniform number 36 and will make tonight’s 7:15 p.m. ET start against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Wicks, 23, is 7-0 with a 3.55 ERA (36 ER/91.1 IP) in 20 starts between Double-A Tennessee and Iowa this season, walking 32 and striking out 99, good for an average of 9.8 strikeouts per 9.0 innings. He has pitched to a 1.18 WHIP and held opponents to a .223 batting average, a .293 on-base percentage and a .393 slugging mark. Wicks opened the year at Tennessee, going 4-0 with a 3.39 ERA (22 ER/58.1 IP) in 13 starts before his promotion to Iowa June 29. With the I-Cubs, he is 3-0 with a 3.82 ERA (14 ER/33.0 IP) in seven starts, walking 13, striking out 30 and posting a 1.18 WHIP. The six-foot three-inch Wicks last season was 4-6 with a 3.80 ERA (40 ER/94.2 IP) in 24 starts between High-A South Bend and Tennessee. Following the season, he was rated as the Cubs No. 5 prospect per MLB Pipeline. The Cubs first-round selection (21st overall) in the 2021 First-Year Player Draft out of Kansas State University, Wicks is 11-6 with a 3.73 ERA (80 ER/193.0 IP) in 48 career minor league starts. He has walked 63, struck out 225 batters (an average of 10.5 strikeouts per 9.0 innings) and allowed 22 home runs in 807 batters faced. Fulmer, 30, is 3-5 with 11 holds, one save and a 4.47 ERA (28 ER/56.1 IP) in 57 games, including one as an opener, for Chicago this season. In his last 34 games since May 28, he has posted a 2.52 ERA (10 ER/35.2 IP). The #Cubs today placed RHP Michael Fulmer on the 15-day IL (retroactive to 8/25) with a right forearm strain and selected LHP Jordan Wicks from @IowaCubs. pic.twitter.com/nzDhQ02w01
