Brian VanSickle  
Relief Pitcher | Lethbridge Typhoon

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. VanSickle's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. VanSickle also has a decent changeup. The Lethbridge Typhoon hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
VanSickle would seem to be an easy target for basestealers as he has a pedestrian pickoff move. But teams rarely try to run on him, perhaps because his pitches get to the plate quickly. He's slow to get off the mound to field his position, especially to the third-base side. VanSickle is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but VanSickle has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2019 UWW 82 31 23 21 50 43 50 50 52 54 50 41 0 0 0 0 17 1 Overhand College 0 0 0 19 173
2020 VIC 82 33 26 21 50 43 50 50 52 64 57 41 0 0 0 0 18 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 19 198
2021 VIC 86 36 29 27 50 43 50 50 52 71 62 52 0 0 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 19 241
2022 VIC 91 40 32 31 50 43 50 50 52 75 65 59 0 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 20 274
2023 LET 94 44 36 33 50 43 50 50 52 78 67 63 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 22 298
2024 LET 94 46 49 35 50 43 50 50 52 78 67 65 0 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 23 324
2025 LET 94 48 51 41 50 43 50 50 52 79 68 66 0 0 0 0 23 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 25 336
Ratings Delta   +2 +2 +6           +1 +1 +1         +1 +1           +2 +12

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2018 16 UWW 5 8 7 8 56 0 0 0 54 1.0 79 6 77 29 46 22 4.83 0.38 2.89 .339 .489 .333 .345 8.17
2019 17 UWW 6 21 13 5 62 0 0 0 114.2 2.0 134 21 143 50 46 21 3.94 0.35 2.43 .290 .500 .271 .305 10.2
2020 18 UWW 9 4 2 5 67 0 0 0 121.2 1.2 121 17 114 71 47 22 5.27 0.62 1.94 .262 .411 .272 .254 6.44
Totals     20 33 22 18 185 0 0 0 290.1 1.2 334 44 334 150 139 65 4.65 0.45 2.30 .289 .462 .284 .292 8.22

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2024 22 LET 3 3 15 12 39 0 0 0 34 1.0 20 3 24 17 25 4 4.50 0.71 1.29 .172 .267 .174 .171 5.29
2025 23 LET 4 7 17 6 41 0 0 0 35.2 1.0 38 6 24 18 22 5 4.60 0.75 1.76 .277 .482 .310 .242 6.31
Totals     7 10 32 18 80 0 0 0 69.2 1.0 58 9 48 35 47 9 4.55 0.73 1.53 .229 .383 .256 .206 5.87

Transfer History for Brian VanSickle
Date Transferred with VanSickle To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
May 29 2023 TJ McKnight
1st Rd 2023 - 25th pick
2nd Rd 2023 - 53rd pick
3rd Rd 2023 - 81st pick
Lethbridge Typhoon Alfonso Cole
Austin Espada
Victoria Islanders

Brian VanSickle's Career Highlights
Year Details
2020 1st round - 19th overall selection by Victoria Islanders in the 2020 Amateur Draft

Brian VanSickle's Comparable Players
Player Names
Paul Allran 94.9% Andrew Rasby 94.0% Derrek Boever 93.2% Billy McCoubrie 93.2% Andy Durham 93.0%

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