Three years, $29.5 million.
That’s how much the Yankees still owe Aaron Hicks and for how long. His seven-year, $70 million extension signed ahead of 2019 is easily one of general manager Brian Cashman’s biggest mistakes. Maybe even his worst.
Cut to 2023, Hicks’ eighth with New York, and he has literally two full seasons to his name. The first was a career year (Thanks, juiced baseballs!) that he parlayed into his current contract. The second was last season’s disaster. The rest of the time, save for the abbreviated 2020 season, Hicks has been either too injured or too ineffective.