Yankees DFA Aaron Hicks

[wabene]

The team lets Hicks go with still about 30m left on his contract. 

[Blyleven2011]

Interesting  but not surprised  ...

If the Yankees can afford to dfa 30 million , then the twins a mid market team can afford to dfa pagans  3 million plus salary  ...

[jimbo92107]

Hicks could still probably get a minor league contract and train as a closer. Guy's got a fantastic arm. 

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

MLBTR reports $20M, but still. A chunk of change.

Too bad; it can't have been fun for Hicks to struggle the way he has recently after finding his stride in New York for a few years. As much as I may not like the Yankees on the whole, I was kind of happy to see Hicks succeed after the Twins sold low on him.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

19 minutes ago, whosafraidofluigirussolo said:

MLBTR reports $20M, but still. A chunk of change.

Too bad; it can't have been fun for Hicks to struggle the way he has recently after finding his stride in New York for a few years. As much as I may not like the Yankees on the whole, I was kind of happy to see Hicks succeed after the Twins sold low on him.

Looking at Fangraphs, WAR/wRC+, 2017 and 2018 were very good seasons for Hicks, and that’s pretty much it.

Also, looks like the Twins sold high, not low as they traded him after his 2 WAR 2015 season.

[Nine of twelve]

I think it was a good move for the Twins to trade Aaron Hicks. But it was a really bad move to trade for John Ryan Murphy.

[Linus]

Would he be better than Garlick in the Garlick role?  Superior defender but hitting has been bad. If he only faced lefties?  His right handed swing was good but he was horrible from the left side. 

[Squirrel]

On 5/21/2023 at 7:55 PM, Linus said:

Would he be better than Garlick in the Garlick role?  Superior defender but hitting has been bad. If he only faced lefties?  His right handed swing was good but he was horrible from the left side. 

Hicks has become a horrible defender. I wouldn’t consider him superior to anyone right now. So bad that the Yanks put IKF in the outfield over him. Hard pass on Hicks.

[mrtwinsfan]

Hicks is a Very Very good Golfer,  and has all the cash he needs , wouldnt be surprised to see him on the Links,  But not in a Twins Uniform

[LA VIkes Fan]

On 5/21/2023 at 5:55 PM, Linus said:

Would he be better than Garlick in the Garlick role?  Superior defender but hitting has been bad. If he only faced lefties?  His right handed swing was good but he was horrible from the left side. 

I think Willi Castro has taken over the Garlick role. Garlick should be gone as soon as we take one of the guys off the IL. Castro, Wallner, and Julien all deserve to stay over Garlick.  The only way Garlick should stay when we activate Polanco or Kepler is if Taylor goes on the IL. Even then, he should go so Lewis can come up Monday.