I don’t think anyone was expecting to see Hicks play again this season after missing the last two months plus with a right flexor strain in his elbow. The Yankees outfield has missed his presence on both sides of the ball but they’re still in good shape without him with Brett Gardner in center field and Tyler Wade and Cameron Maybin on the bench for depth.
Hicks signed a big 7-year, $70M extension with New York on February 25th, but the 2019 campaign was really a struggle for him due to injuries. Before the elbow injury, he missed most of spring training and all of April with a lower back strain so he only appeared in 59 games all season and he wasn’t very productive when he was in the lineup.