{"id":34730,"date":"2023-05-21T00:08:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T00:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/is-aaron-hicks-mlb-career-over-maligned-center-fielders-yankees-tenure-ends-in-dfa\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T00:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T00:08:18","slug":"is-aaron-hicks-mlb-career-over-maligned-center-fielders-yankees-tenure-ends-in-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/is-aaron-hicks-mlb-career-over-maligned-center-fielders-yankees-tenure-ends-in-dfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Aaron Hicks&#8217; MLB career over? Maligned center fielder&#8217;s Yankees tenure ends in DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"3966661\" data-slug-id=\"1516579\">\n<p>On May 20, the New York Yankees announced that they were releasing Aaron Hicks. The 33-year-old outfielder had been a member of the team since the 2016 season.<\/p>\n<p>However, the outfielder&#8217;s recent performances led many to believe that it was not a question of if, but rather a question of when he would be shown the door.<\/p>\n<p>In 76 plate appearances spread across 28 games for the Yankees this season, Hicks has only managed to hit .188 with one home run. The miserable numbers represent a sharp decline from Hicks&#8217; 2018 season with the Bronx Bombers, when he hit .248 with 27 home runs and 79 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Yankees have designated Aaron Hicks for assignment, per @eboland&#8221; &#8211; Fox Sports: MLB<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After Aaron Hicks was acquired by the Yankees via a trade with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/minnesota-twins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Minnesota Twins<\/a> in 2016, many believed he would be a key part of the team for the balance of the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>On the heels of his impressive 2018 campaign, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/new-york-yankees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">New York Yankees<\/a> rewarded the California-native with a lucrative seven-year contract that would see him make $70 million until 2025. Now, the Yankees are liable to pay his salary unless he can find a new team, in which case they will split the difference.<\/p>\n<p>While only 33 years old, Aaron Hicks&#8217; name has been denigraded substantially. The hate campaign was orchestrated largely by Yankees fans, who have wanted him gone ever since fresher, more dynamic players have eclipsed him. <\/p>\n<p>A good example is Harrison Bader, a New York native who the Yankees traded with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/st-louis-cardinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> for late last season. After Bader&#8217;s acquisition, Hicks apparently complained directly to his manager Aaron Boone about his lack of playing time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Goodbye Aaron Hicks&#8221; &#8211; Frankie G<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hicks will probably find another team, but he will never have the opportunity to start in the outfield for a team like the New York Yankees again. If he is lucky, he might be a second-string outfielder and pinch-hitter for a small market team, maybe the Oakland Athletics.<\/p>\n<h2>Aaron Hicks&#8217; fall from grace was a trainwreck to watch<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone who has been following the drama with Hicks could have seen this outcome coming from a mile away. New York is an unforgiving sports market, and he just was not making the cut. 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