Marlins' Hicks already heading for career year
The surprising Miami Marlins catcher has been stellar so far.
Marlins' Hicks already heading for career year originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Miami Marlins are a single game back of the National League East, and it has been thanks to a lot of main contributors.
One in particular is already heading toward a career year in 2026. Catcher Liam Hicks has been fantastic thus far, as he has been consistent at the plate and behind it. With a batting average of .
286, three home runs, and an OPS of . 878, the sophomore slugger is starting to turn heads. Those three homers are already half of his season total in 2025.
According to Baseball Savant , his whiff rate of just 6. 2% is in the 100th percentile of all of Major League Baseball. Hicks' incredible plate discipline has been coupled with that whiff rate, as he has a K% of 6.