AARON HICKS NOT HITTING IN THE BRONX HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH DILLON LAWSON

How can anyone be mad at Aaron Hicks for hitting well in Baltimore? 

If you are, and you haven't been paying attention to how lousy the Yankees offense is, then there is something wrong with you. 

Message to Yankee fans everywhere... Hicks got the treatment in Baltimore that he should have received in New York, a team that not only invested in him, but wanted to tweak him, help him make adjustments and let him implement them in game play. The result is a red hot Hicks. Meanwhile in Yankeeland, Dillon Lawson talks about "hitting strikes hard" and Boone suggests that the Yankees are playing well, but just not scoring runs.  I'm over it. You should be too, we have no shot this year.

Rotoballer writes:

"Hicks went 2-for-4 with a single, a three-run home run, and four RBI. The veteran has been on fire at the plate since joining the O's, batting .314 with three HR and 10 RBI in 16 games."

But why? Why is Hicks doing so well? Well, it comes down to solid hitting coaches, two guys that actually knew what he was doing with his swing.  The Baltimore Banner writes:

"Co-hitting coaches Matt Borgschulte and Ryan Fuller saw the most intriguing potential: with only a small adjustment, they thought, Hicks could get back to his best. “They feel like that’s what’s going to allow me to be the player I was three years ago...” (said Hicks)

“A lot of the technique that I used in my swing [in 2018] is what they’re trying to implement, or try to get me to get back to,” Hicks said.

Borgschulte described it as wanting Hicks to be in more of an athletic position in his initial stance and when his stride foot lands. Hicks said, to be more athletic, he wants to stand taller. By focusing on his posture more than his swing, Hicks feels his hands will have more space to work through the swing."

In other words, Hicks was asked to go back and feel like how he felt at the plate in 2018. 2018 was when Hicks was raking in New York.  But why was he raking then and not now? Yes, you guessed it.... it came down to making an adjustment. ADJUSTMENT.  I wrote the word twice.

And where are Dillon Lawson and Aaron Boone in all of this? It's clear the Yankees aren't hitting because guys who get paid to pay attention to this stuff are not.  Now say what you will about Fuller and Borgschute and their experience or lack their of. Truth is they don't have a ton. But there are 2 things they do have; they have the heart to truly making players better at hitting and they are truly technicians when it comes to approach at the plate. You have to applaud them. Why? Because the Orioles are playing well and when it comes to hitting, they are! The Yankees are not.

So yes, this is just another day of asking a serious question? What the hell does Dillon Lawson do?  Also... give Hicks, Fuller and Borgschute some credit. They took a broken-down Yankee with no future and made him confident at the plate again in an O's uni. Why? Because of a little adjustment.  

I'll put it here again:

"... more of an athletic position in his initial stance and when his stride foot lands. Hicks said, to be more athletic, he wants to stand taller. By focusing on his posture more than his swing, Hicks feels his hands will have more space to work through the swing."

Wow.