SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan Hicks is accepting his move to the San Francisco Giants bullpen but wants to return to the rotation.
Hicks signed a four-year, $44 million deal with the Giants during the offseason with the intent of starting after primarily spending his first few seasons as a reliever. The 28-year-old right-hander was 1-5 with a 6.55 ERA in nine starts and the Giants decided to move Hicks to the bullpen in the middle of the season, as they did last year. Hayden Birdsong will take his rotation turn on Tuesday against Kansas City.
“I felt like I had a bad inning, and then on some days I felt like a lot of ground balls got through the infield,” Hicks said on Sunday.