TAMPA — Aaron Boone is thinking switch-hitting Aaron Hicks could be the Yankees’ leadoff hitter against lefties and righties, but the manager kept the door open to using him lower in the lineup.
“I also like him, because we don’t have a lot of lefties right now, his left-handed bat in the middle, you like him splitting up [right-handed hitting] guys,” Boone said at George M. Steinbrenner Field, where pitchers and catchers officially reported Wednesday. “We will kind of evolve over spring training. My expectation is that we will see a lot of different orders depending on right and left as spring training unfolds and the start of the season unfolds.