{"id":15411,"date":"2023-03-07T15:28:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2023-03-07T16:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:12:22","slug":"catching-up-on-former-rivets-star-and-current-chicago-cubs-prospect-jordan-wicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/2023\/03\/07\/catching-up-on-former-rivets-star-and-current-chicago-cubs-prospect-jordan-wicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Up on Former Rivets Star and Current Chicago Cubs Prospect Jordan Wicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Former Rockford Rivets star lefty Jordan Wicks cracked a prestigious Top 10 list this Spring: MLB.com ranked Wicks 6th overall in the top 30 Chicago Cubs prospect rankings for 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wicks was barely scouted or recruited as an Arkansas high schooler but blossomed into the best left-hander in the 2021 Draft after three years at Kansas State, where he set single-season (118) and career (230) records for strikeouts,&#8221; says, Wicks&#8217; MLB scouting report.<\/p>\n<p>Wicks pitched with the Rivets in 2020, posting a 0.45 ERA that summer with a whopping 13.1 strikeouts per nine innings.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video to learn more about our former star and the current Cubs&#8217; top prospect!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><lite-youtube videoid=\"dPoJcZmWBTs\" class=\"landscape\" params=\"wmode=transparent&autoplay=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-button-label=\"Play Video\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" data-thumbnail-size=\"auto\" data-no-cookie=\"on\"><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":15412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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