I’ll be the first to admit that when Hicks was batting in the .210 range back in mid-May I was one of the fans who thought he should be dropped in the order or removed from the lineup in favor of Clint Frazier. Frazier was raking at Triple-A (and still is) while Hicks was looking more like the player he was in 2016 for the Yankees rather than the breakout performer he was a season ago.
However, things have changed for Hicks since May 15th as he’s raised his batting average from .