Reference layer
Current snapshot
| Age | 27 |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Weight | 185 lb |
| Debut | 2025-03-28 |
Player profile / Miami Marlins
Liam Hicks
C · Bats/Throws L/R · 5' 9", 185 lb · Age 27
Club Miami Marlins
Position C
Roster Active
Status Healthy / active roster
Traditional line
Season by season
| PA | R | H | HR | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 390 | 37 | 82 | 6 | 2 | .247 | .346 | .346 | .692 |
| 2026 | 342 | 50 | 86 | 13 | 2 | .290 | .364 | .458 | .822 |
| 2 Seasons | 732 | 87 | 168 | 19 | 4 | .267 | .354 | .399 | .753 |
At a glance
Season percentile report
The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.
22
Offense
percentile
percentile
Rolling projection
Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update
Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.
Pending
Rolling player projection appears after current-season Statcast and projection joins refresh.
Live percentile strip
Current traits vs projection tick
100th = best in MLB.
Hitting · percentile strip
Barrel%2.8%
20
Exit velocity84.9
17
Hard-hit%30.3%
15
xBA0.280
13
xSLG0.393
11
xwOBA0.310
54
BB%9.5%
61
Bat speed66.5
15
K%8.6%
99
Defense · percentile strip
Blocking Runs-0.0 · C
47
Catcher Throwing0.1 · C
55
Framing Runs-1.6 · C
28
Outs Above Avg2.0 · C
100
Pop Time2.0 · C
29
Range Runs1.2 · C
100
Baserunning · percentile strip
Base Running Runs-5.0 · C
0
Sprint Speed25.8 · C
14
SB Success Rate100.0% · C
Small sample
Mithrandir+
Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance
Our research metrics for how this hitter controls the strike zone and handles each pitch family.
Avoids Bad ChasesST 71.5% · rebadged research
82
Avoids Bad TakesHPT 21.7% · rebadged research
79
Correct Decisions69.6% · rebadged research
83
SEAGER+ Plate Discipline109
88
Resists Breaking - horizontalwOBA 0.320 · borderline
6
Resists Breaking - verticalwOBA 0.305 · insufficient sample
5
Resists ChangeupwOBA 0.304 · validated thin sample
9
Resists Cutters + splitterswOBA 0.330 · insufficient sample
58
Resists FastballwOBA 0.339 · validated
48
Resists SinkerwOBA 0.342 · validated
88
Rolling form chart
xwOBA snapshot line
Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs
Spray profile
Field-coordinate spray profile
203 Statcast batted-ball coordinates from the pitch-event feed (2026). Direction profile remains as the v1 context layer when coordinate density is limited.
Zone profile
Aggregate zone heatmap
Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.
Bat tracking
Swing path, attack angle, bat speed
Aggregate Savant bat-tracking metrics; not per-swing motion capture. The full swing, with the recommended path overlaid, lives in the 3D Swing Simulator.
Live layer
Delta / regression
| xwOBA Δ | -- |
| wOBA Δ | -- |
negative regression
Regression watch
Running hot. Expect some cooling.
Hicks’s wOBA sits at 0.381, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.310 — a gap of 0.070, -2.5 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 359 PA. The results have outrun the underlying process; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to drift back toward the deserved level.
Comp Engine · 2026 profile shape
Closest profiles
| Player | Similarity | Agrees on | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durbin, Caleb BOS · R | 0.66 | Bat speedHard-hit rate | Player · Projection |
| Frelick, Sal MIL · L | 0.61 | Avg exit velocityWhiff rate | Player · Projection |
| Horwitz, Spencer PIT · L | 0.60 | Max exit velocityIsolated power | Player · Projection |
| Yoshida, Masataka BOS · L | 0.59 | Oppo rateWalk rate | Player · Projection |
Profile-shape similarity, not results: six weighted feature groups standardized within this season's qualified hitters.
Mithrandir coverage
Module shelf
| Module | Cards | Latest | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitting | 2 | 2026-05-05 | Impact contact carried uneven swing decisions |
Projection links / recent games
Available detail
| 2026-05-20 vs ATL0 HR | 0 RBI / 7 Ch | 0 E | 0-3 | K |
| 2026-04-20 vs STL0 HR | 2 RBI / 0 Ch | 0 E | 2-4 | 2 RBI |
| 2026-04-17 vs MIL0 HR | 0 RBI / 0 Ch | 0 E | 1-5 | 2B |
| 2026-04-15 @ ATL1 HR | 2 RBI / 7 Ch | 0 E | 1-4 | HR, K, 2 RBI |
| 2026-04-14 @ ATL0 HR | 0 RBI / 9 Ch | 0 E | 1-4 | K |