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Saturday, May 20, 2023
The Yankees have finally decided to eat the money and cut Aaron Hicks.
The veteran outfielder was designated for assignment Saturday, he told The Post, as the Yankees opened a roster spot for Greg Allen.
Hicks still had three years and nearly $30 million left on his contract.
In 28 games this season, Hicks hit .188 with a .524 OPS.
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1. Walt Davis Posted: May 20, 2023 at 04:35 PM (#6129260)His entire Yanks tenure was 2400 PA of 101 OPS+, mostly in CF where that's fine. 13 WAR, 2 WAA. Even in 2022, he put up 1.6 WAR, 0.1 WAA in 450 PA which is exactly what he was being paid to do. He was horrible this year, horrible in 2021 and this bargain extension had been no bargain -- about $44 M for 3 WAR and not likely to get better. But the 8 WAR, 3.5 WAA before that is part of his Yankees tenure too.
Sure. And if the headline said "The end of his Yankees' tenure was disappointing" that would be accurate. It does not. It says his entire Yankees' tenure was disappointing. That is incorrect. The second sentence of my post lays out the argument quite clearly. (Tenure: "the period of time when someone holds a job.")
And again, he produced at the expected level -- i.e. the level of production one expects for $10 M a year -- as recently as 2022.
Hicks needs another 80 or so days of service time to reach the 10-year mark.
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