HICKS IS A CLASS ACT AS THE YANKEES BOOT HIM

I've always said Aaron Hicks was a good guy and no doubt a great teammate.  But he can't play ball anymore and that's fine. When that happens, you gotta cut bait no matter how much a team owes him. The Yankees did the right thing, they DFA'd him after Greg Allen came back to the team. Read GREG ALLEN'S BACK & IT WILL JUST HELP THE WHITE HOT YANKEES for more on that.

Hicks spoke to the New York Post about it:

“It is what it is,” Hicks said on Saturday, via the New York Post. “It’s part of the business side of it. Just got to move on to the next chapter. This is a very good baseball team. It kind of seemed like it wasn’t working out for me. Obviously with the decision they decided to make, maybe somewhere else might be a little bit better.”

Now, will he get another opportunity with another team? I bet someone will take a chance on him, especially if the Yankees have to pay for him.  

Look, the bottom line is this is Brian Cashman's fault. You don't sign a guy with a contract that ridiculous. 7 years, $70 million.  He is still owed $30 million and 3 more years. It just didn't make sense anymore. In fact it didn't make sense then. The eye test alone could tell you this guy would never live up to that contract.

This is a guy that stated to the press that he was gonna be a 30-30 guy for the Yankees. That he felt like he was right there. Well, don't tell the New York fans something like that ever 'cause they will hold you to that.  And that's what happened... he made that statement and the Yankee fans waited... and waited... and waited.  Nothing.

But you gotta give Hicks some credit today. He is walking away classy.  He could be blasting us fans for crucifying him every night. He could be bitching about management, about the team. He's done none of that. He understands this is a business, and at the end of the day... he just was not delivering.

Good luck Aaron. I hope you find your stride and your team.  You were just not a fit here in New York. We like winners here. We like players who perform. You just ran out of time.  as you say...

"It is what it is."