Liam Hicks

Bats L Throws R5'9" 185 lbBorn 1999 Toronto, CANDebut 2025Team TBDraft 2021 R9 #254 Texas Rangers, Arkansas StateContract 1 y/$790,000 (26) 2026: $232,353

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 108.2FIELD+ 95.9 at CTotal 1.84 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	292	251	59	11	1	3	31	48	1	0.236	0.331	0.325	0.656	0.089	0.300	16.5	10.6	84.9	0.37
2027	442	383	95	15	1	8	44	58	2	0.248	0.337	0.359	0.696	0.110	0.312	13.1	10.0	96.6	1.19

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 86 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Johnny Bassler	1921	97.1	113.7	453
2	Duke Sims	1967	95.7	138.0	429
3	Ed Ott	1978	91.6	81.1	439
4	Jake Early	1941	104.7	58.5	394
5	Sammy Taylor	1959	91.4	52.6	159
6	Don Padgett	1938	104.8	162.9	257
7	Johnny Oates	1972	99.8	58.1	351
8	Bruce Maxwell	2017	93.1	34.0	58
9	Earl Grace	1933	93.4	81.8	309
10	Hal King	1970	96.6	78.8	233

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			442		95	15	1	8		2	44	58	0.248	0.337	0.359	0.696	96.6
2026*	TBA	114	460	61	112	12	1	16		3	48	43	0.284	0.370	0.441	0.811	129.6
2025	MIA	119	390	37	82	13	1	6	45	2	43	56	0.247	0.346	0.346	0.693	98.4
Career		119	390	37	82	13	1	6	45	2	43	56	0.247	0.346	0.346	0.693	98.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	460	84.9	14.5	3.9	28.1	10.8	26.8	0.253	0.351	0.316	25.7
2025	390	84.6	10.6	3.6	27.7	15.1	17.6	0.244	0.350	0.315	26.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIA	C	62	437	381	19	2	1	0.995	+0.5
2025	MIA	1B	28	206	171	13	1	14	0.995	-3.3

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	349	4 HR, 1 SB	0.260	0.717
2024	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	145	2 HR, 2 SB	0.272	0.782
2024	AA	nan	Bat	494	6 HR, 3 SB	0.264	0.736
2023	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	316	3 HR, 4 SB	0.269	0.776
2023	A+	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	56	1 HR, 3 SB	0.311	0.846
2022	A+	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	22	0 HR, 0 SB	0.188	0.552
2022	A	Down East Wood Ducks	Bat	120	2 HR, 5 SB	0.273	0.842
2022	Rk	ACL Rangers	Bat	57	1 HR, 0 SB	0.478	1.213
2021	Rk	ACL Rangers	Bat	32	0 HR, 0 SB	0.125	0.469

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.247	0.398	0.364	0.368
2025	0.310	0.332	0.289	0.366

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.