BOSTON — After being hopeful Aaron Hicks would be back this month from a flexor strain near his right elbow, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Saturday the center fielder now may be gone for the year following a setback in his rehab in Tampa.
“He’s slowed down,’’ Boone said before the Yankees defeated the Red Sox 5-1 at Fenway Park. “He’s not feeling quite right.”
Hicks has been out since being pulled from a game on Aug. 3 against Boston after making a throw to third base. He began a throwing program in The Bronx during the Yankees’ recent homestand and was scheduled to continue that — and start hitting — in Tampa in the coming days.