There’s a version of the 2017 Yankees where Aaron Hicks is a much bigger story.
From the get-go, he was overshadowed by Aaron Judge in a kinda-sorta-maybe rigged battle for right field that you knew Judge was going to win if he hit at all. And then came Judge’s otherworldly rookie season and there was little room for Hicks to find screen time in his own breakout role.
On last year’s postseason coverage, Alex Rodriguez mentioned that Hicks was soft-spoken, so it makes sense that the quiet guy in the clubhouse would be behind the scenes. Still, Hicks did plenty of speaking with his bat and it’s not like Yankee fans didn’t notice No.