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Jordan Wicks

Jordan Wicks — no start in 53 days. His recent work, season line, and what that gap means for any projection on him.

Last scored board
No game on the current slate
Season line · ERA
10.45
0-2 · 8 K, 1.94 WHIP
Games graded
4
this season, box-score final
Jordan Wicks
PBats LThrows LChicago Cubs

Not on the current slate

Jordan hasn't been scored in 53 days — his last matchup was against San Diego Padres on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. A gap that long usually means an injury, a minor-league option, or a roster move rather than a rest day. Everything below is his most recent real production, not a projection.

Season line

2 starts, 0-2, 10.45 ERA, 1.94 WHIP, 10.1 innings. He's struck out 8 over that span, against 2 walks. This is the baseline the matchup adjusts from — the model starts here and then asks what the specific lineup he's facing does to strikeout arms, how the park plays, and how deep he's likely to go.

He throws left-handed

Jordan is a left-hander, and that matters more for a starter than it does for most hitters. Lineups get built specifically to attack lefties — managers stack right-handed bats against them — so the lineup he draws on a given night swings his projection further than a righty's would. The model prices the actual lineup rather than a season-long rate for exactly that reason. A stacked righty lineup is the spot where his strikeout projection comes down hardest.

His last 4 starts

Jordan has 8 strikeouts in 10.3 innings across his last 4 starts, a 7.0 K/9, with a 10.45 ERA over that stretch and 2 walks. Strikeouts are the one pitcher market where our model has found real, graded room — projected workload and the specific lineup he draws move that number more than a season-long rate does. Start-by-start detail is in the log below.

How long he goes

Jordan is averaging 2.6 innings a start across his last 4 outings, with a high of 4.3 and about 45 pitches a night. He's not going deep, and that caps the strikeout and outs projections no matter how good the matchup looks — you can't strike out hitters you don't face. Expected batters faced is one of the bigger inputs to his score for exactly this reason.

A long gap since his last start

Jordan hasn't started in 53 days. That's the single most useful warning on a pitcher's page, and it's the model's weakest spot. A gap that long usually means an injured-list stint, and a first start back is often on a strict pitch limit that no stat line reveals — books frequently don't post an outs line at all in that spot. Our projection is built on his healthy workload, so it will overshoot a shortened rehab start. Read any projection here with that in mind until he's stretched back out.

How the model reads him

The number on Jordan is about tonight, not about him. Strip out the name and the model is asking one question: what does this specific lineup do to this kind of arm, in this park, for as many batters as he's likely to face? That gets scored against every other starter on the slate. The combination math is proprietary and re-tuned every week. The grading isn't — it's all public, including the misses.

What we'd flag

Books don't price every player — coverage tops out around 87% even for confirmed starters, so "no line" here usually means no book posted one rather than a gap in our data. Lineups change late, and an afternoon projection can be stale by first pitch. And the model is tuned across hundreds of graded outcomes, so one game tells you nothing about whether it's working. For Jordan specifically, he's coming off a 53-day gap.

Recent game log

DateOppIPKHERBB
Wednesday, July 1vs SD3.02510
Sunday, June 28@ MIL1.00001
Sunday, May 31@ STL2.01430
Tuesday, May 26@ PIT4.35981

Jordan Wicks — FAQ

Is Jordan Wicks playing today?

Jordan Wicks isn't in a confirmed lineup on the current slate, and was last scored on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. This page updates with fresh projections as soon as he's back in one.

How has Jordan Wicks been pitching lately?

Over his last 4 starts, Jordan has 8 strikeouts in 10.3 innings, allowing 12 earned runs. Start-by-start detail is in the log on this page.

Why has Jordan Wicks not started recently?

Jordan hasn't started in 53 days. We flag the gap rather than guess the cause — it usually means an injured-list stint. A first start back is often pitch-limited in a way no stat line shows, and our projection, built on his healthy workload, will run high until he's stretched back out.

Are Jordan Wicks's projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).