Liam Hicks

Liam Hicks

26-Year-Old CatcherC
Miami Marlins
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Hicks was part of the rotation at turnstile, sorry, catcher with the Marlins in 2025. The Marlins catchers (and pitchers) allowed 191 successful stolen bases in 2025 nabbing just 24 potential thefts, and Hicks was as guilty as the rest catching 6 of 57 attempts. He is an interesting sort at the plate beause he is extremely disciplined with all his studying of the strike zone behind the plate as he has delivered a double-digit walk percentage every season of his professional career and has more walks (209) than strikeouts (203) in his professional career. He also has 19 home runs in nearly 1400 plate appearances with a .269 batting average. He qualifies at both catcher and first base, but lacks the power fantasy managers desire from either position and will obviously hurt you much less at catcher where his skills should still allow him to hit for an above-average batting average from the catching position. Hicks cannot hurt you as a second catcher in a deep league, but he also is not going to help you much. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Marlins in March of 2026.
Posts first career multi-homer game
CMiami Marlins
May 23, 2026
Hicks went 2-for-4 with a two solo home runs in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Mets.
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Hicks recorded the first multi-homer game of his career Saturday, taking Mets right-hander Freddy Peralta deep on both long balls. The big flies were also the 26-year-old catcher's first since May 7, snapping a 14-game drought. It's been a breakout year overall for Hicks, who's batting .279 with 11 homers, four doubles and 44 RBI over 186 plate appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
15
15
9
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
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#5
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1
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2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+31%
OPS vs RHP
2026
 
 
+43%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+26%
OPS vs RHP
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .582 103 10 1 10 1 .202 .320 .262
Since 2024vs Right .764 491 54 16 79 2 .263 .348 .415
2026vs Left .600 37 2 1 5 1 .212 .297 .303
2026vs Right .858 167 25 10 39 0 .276 .347 .510
2025vs Left .569 66 8 0 5 0 .196 .333 .235
2025vs Right .715 324 29 6 40 2 .256 .349 .367
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
2026
 
 
+56%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+24%
OPS on Road
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .749 305 31 9 40 0 .250 .349 .400
Since 2024Away .718 289 33 8 49 3 .256 .338 .380
2026Home .962 116 16 7 27 0 .313 .397 .566
2026Away .616 88 11 4 17 1 .203 .261 .354
2025Home .617 189 15 2 13 0 .211 .319 .298
2025Away .764 201 22 4 32 2 .281 .372 .392
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Liam Hicks compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.95
 
BB Rate
8.8%
 
K Rate
9.3%
 
BABIP
.237
 
ISO
.208
 
AVG
.264
 
OBP
.338
 
SLG
.472
 
OPS
.810
 
wOBA
.351
 
Exit Velocity
87.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
35.0%
 
Barrels/PA
3.9%
 
Expected BA
.268
 
Expected SLG
.408
 
Sprint Speed
20.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
42.3%
 
Line Drive %
17.2%
 
Fly Ball %
40.5%
 
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Hicks was acquired by Detroit from the Rangers at the trade deadline in the deal that sent Carson Kelly to Texas and he was then snagged by the Marlins in this offseason's Rule 5 draft. Hicks projects to be a backup catcher long term, and he'll need to be kept in the majors all season otherwise Miami would have to return him to Detroit. Hicks' production at Double-A improved after the trade, as he slashed .272/.414/.368 with two home runs, two steals, a 15.9 percent walk rate and a 9.7 percent strikeout rate in 33 games after slashing .260/.364/.353 with four home runs in 80 games with the Rangers' Double-A affiliate. Hicks hasn't logged a slugging percentage higher than his on-base percentage since he was in rookie ball in 2022, so it's pretty clear that power won't be a big part of the equation but he could be one of Miami's better on-base threats. Hicks will be competing with Nick Fortes and prospect Agustin Ramirez for playing time behind the dish, and he could also get starts at first base and designated hitter if he's holding his own as a hitter.
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Taking seat Tuesday
CMiami Marlins
May 19, 2026
Hicks is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against Atlanta.
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Goes deep Thursday
CMiami Marlins
May 8, 2026
Hicks went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 4-3 victory against the Orioles on Thursday.
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Slugs eighth homer
CMiami Marlins
May 6, 2026
Hicks went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday's 9-7 loss to the Orioles.
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Idle against lefty
CMiami Marlins
May 3, 2026
Hicks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.
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Goes yard in return to lineup
CMiami Marlins
April 30, 2026
Hicks went 1-for-2 with two walks and a solo home run in Wednesday's win over the Dodgers.
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