Aaron Hicks has had an atrocious 2022 campaign, both offensively and for his lack of defensive effort.
Despite this disaster, and this, even if the lack of production has persisted for several years, general manager Brian Cashman considers the 33-year-old man to be the favorite to start the season as a left fielder for the New York Yankees, among others because he is fully recovered from his injury suffered during the last playoffs.
“I suspect he’ll be the guy who emerges in left field because he’s still very talented and it’s all there. Hopefully we can get the Aaron Hicks back who we know is a consistent player for us. »
I don’t know where Cashman saw his protege was a consistent player. Probably the same internal stats that say Isiah Kiner-Falefa is a good shortstop…
The leader’s comments do not take into account the fact that the outfielder could (should) be traded by the opening game. But whether or not he finds himself elsewhere, Oswaldo Cabrera must be the starter in left field if the Bronx Bombers don’t acquire Bryan Reynolds by then, or if they don’t put under Jurickson Profar contract.
Hicks will receive just over $30 million over the next three years. It’s too much money for so little results.
The Yankees must therefore get rid of him before he can veto any transaction on August 8 (players who have ten years of service in the MLB and who have spent the last five consecutive seasons with the same team can veto any exchange).
