WASHINGTON – Virginia native Nick Robertson was pitching in the minor leagues last year in Ogden, Utah when the team got a visit from Jim Hickey, who at the time had been a Major League pitching coach for Houston, Tampa Bay, and the Chicago Cubs.
Hickey, 59, was working in player development with the Los Angeles Dodgers and would go around and check in on pitchers with various minor league teams.
Robertson, drafted by the Dodgers out of James Madison University in Virginia in 2019, spent some time with Hickey while with Ogden in the rookie Pioneer League.