Mike Kickham Free Agent Pitcher

       
 
Age: 32
Born: December 12, 1988
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Height: 6-4
Weight: 220
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
   
Drafted: 6th round, 2010 by SF
How Acquired: Minor league free agent
(Dec. 2019)
College: Missouri St.
High School: Glendale (MO)
   

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Mike Kickham photos by Kelly O'Connor
Pronunciation: KICK-um
First Pro Contract: August 21, 2010 (SF)
Signing Scout: Hugh Walker
Signing Bonus: $490,000
Rule 5 Draft Eligible: December 2021
MLFA Eligible: November 2020
   
Pro Debut: August 22, 2010 (AZL Giants)
Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: May 28, 2013 (SF)
Service Time (1/20): 165 days
Options Remaining: 0 (2013, 2014, 2015)
Contract (2021): -
   
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  Physical Description: Filled-out left-hander with a good pitcher's frame.

Mechanics: High leg kick into a high 3/4 delivery. Short stride. Follow-through has too much recoil. Below-average control and command.

Fastball: 90-91 mph. Fringe-average pitch. Also mixes in an 88-90 mph sinker.

Slider: 80-83 mph. Fringe-average pitch.


 
   Career Notes: Moved quickly through Giant's system after being drafted in 2010. Really struggled in limited major league time in 2013-14. Scrapped his curveball and changeup in 2014. Has spent much of his time as high minors depth since that time. PItched at the Alternate Training Site for most of 2020 before being called up for the season's final month.

Summation: Triple-A depth and an emergency spot starter that could clear through waivers on the way back down.

Note: This page will be updated with a scouting report after the scouting team has seen the player in person.
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    Pitching Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l era g gs sv ip h r er hr hbp bb so whip k/9 bb/9
2010 Missouri State MVC NCAA --- 21 4 9 5.25 15 15 0 96.0 101 66 56 14 0 30 103 1.36 9.66 2.81
  2010 AZL Giants Ariz Rk SF 21 0 0 11.57 3 0 0 2.1 4 3 3 0 0 2 3 2.57 11.57 7.71
  2011 Augusta GreenJackets SAL A SF 22 5 10 4.11 21 21 0 111.2 112 58 51 9 3 37 103 1.33 8.30 2.98
  2012 Richmond Flying Squirrels East AA SF 23 11 10 3.05 28 27 0 150.2 119 57 51 8 2 75 137 1.29 8.18 4.48
  2013 Fresno Grizzlies PCL AAA SF 24 7 7 4.31 20 20 0 110.2 105 60 53 9 0 49 90 1.39 7.32 3.98
  2013 San Francisco Giants NL MLB SF 24 0 3 10.16 12 3 0 28.1 46 34 32 8 0 10 29 1.98 9.21 3.18
  2014 Fresno Grizzlies PCL AAA SF 25 8 8 4.43 27 27 0 148.1 171 92 73 8 5 64 131 1.58 7.95 3.88
  2014 San Francisco Giants NL MLB SF 25 0 0 22.50 2 0 0 2.0 8 5 5 1 0 1 1 4.50 4.50 4.50
  2015 Round Rock Express PCL AAA Tex 26 1 0 6.00 7 0 0 6.0 3 4 4 0 0 7 4 1.67 6.00 10.50
  2015 Tacoma Rainiers PCL AAA Sea 26 0 2 7.29 5 5 0 21.0 18 17 17 3 0 28 12 2.19 5.14 12.00
  2016 Kansas City T-Bones AmAs Indy --- 27 3 5 2.83 14 14 0 86.0 78 42 27 3 8 26 73 1.21 7.64 2.72
  2016 Richmond Flying Squirrels East AA SF 27 0 1 6.75 6 0 0 10.2 20 10 8 0 0 4 7 2.25 5.91 3.37
  2017 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Sou AA Mia 28 5 7 3.33 18 17 0 97.1 88 36 36 9 4 16 86 1.07 7.95 1.48
  2017 New Orleans Baby Cakes PCL AAA Mia 28 3 3 4.28 9 8 0 48.1 55 25 23 5 0 8 33 1.30 6.14 1.49
  2018 GCL Marlins GCL Rk Mia 29 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 18.00 0.00
  2018 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Sou AA Mia 29 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 8.10 0.00
  2018 New Orleans Baby Cakes PCL AAA Mia 29 1 1 4.06 17 2 1 37.2 36 19 17 4 3 7 33 1.14 7.88 1.67
  2019 New Orleans Baby Cakes PCL AAA Mia 30 5 5 4.27 31 13 0 86.1 89 46 41 10 4 36 84 1.45 8.76 3.75
  2020 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 31 1 1 7.71 6 2 0 14.0 21 12 12 6 2 5 17 1.86 10.93 3.21
   
     
    2021 Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l era g gs sv ip h r er hr hbp bb so whip k/9 bb/9
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  Awards   SoxProspects.com Awards  
  Eastern League Pitcher of the Week (July 30 - August 6, 2012)
2012 Eastern League Season-End All-Star
Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week (August 6-12, 2013)
Southern League Pitcher of the Week (May 22-28, 2017)
2017 Southern League All-Star		   -  
   

   
     
     
     
 
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