Aaron Hicks never got going in 2021. He started off the season hitting a dismal .194/.294/.333 with just four homers and a 78 OPS+ in 32 games. It didn’t help that his defense in center field took a dip as well. A week ago, the Yankees sent him to the injured with a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, as he had been batting wrist discomfort for awhile and the culprit was revealed.
The Yankees had hoped that maybe Hicks’ wrist could heal with anti-inflammatory medicine, but on Friday afternoon, they announced that they were giving up the ghost.