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Woodford, Naughton are options if struggling Hicks goes back to Cardinals' bullpen

It has become clear that this Jordan Hicks thing—where he starts instead of relieves—isn’t working. The pitch count is OK. He doesn’t have much trouble getting close to 80. The problem is that about half of them are balls and there isn't much rhythm to his game.

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