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Can we discuss how big of a mistake Aaron Hicks contract is?

1 year ago :: May 08, 2022 - 6:18PM #11
Giancarlo Posts: 3,576	2 walks and 2 SB, 1 run scored. "Albatross" Hicks is wilding!
1 year ago :: May 08, 2022 - 9:32PM #12
bumper Posts: 13,572	yeah wouldn't call the contract an "albatross". certainly for what we've gotten out of him, he hasn't been worth the $10.75mil/yr but the money amount isn't terrible like some other contracts. he's a long way off from his 30/30 goal . at the time extending judge would have been the smarter move. 3 more years after this one.
1 year ago :: May 08, 2022 - 9:57PM #13
Paterson Posts: 9,483	I wish the Yankees were free to move on from Aaron Hicks, but his deal is in line with those given to other establsihed players who can play center. See AJ Pollock, Kevin Kiermaier. While I am not a fan of the guy, he is not blocking a better player from getting starts.
1 year ago :: May 09, 2022 - 2:09AM #14
qwik3457 Posts: 12,709	May 8, 2022 -- 3:12PM, Carp wrote: Why is there ALWAYS an albatross on EVERY Yankees team? www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hic... It's not really that big. What makes it painful is that he's been injured an awful lot through the 2019-21 seasons. Even now, mired in a slump, he's been worth 0.6 bWAR so far this season. If he keeps that up the whole season, he'll be worth over 3 bWAR (about 2 fWAR). Even the lower number has a marginal salary value of roughly $12 million. So if he can just do what he's done until now, and stay healthy most of the year, he'll be worth what he's being paid. The brutal fact of the matter is: $10 million a year is not really all that much for a veteran regular. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber
1 year ago :: May 09, 2022 - 8:14AM #15
bruner4329 Posts: 5,066	May 8, 2022 -- 6:18PM, Giancarlo wrote: 2 walks and 2 SB, 1 run scored. "Albatross" Hicks is wilding! 2022 with RISP 2-18. That includes once again coming up empty in game 1 when he struck out with 2nd and 3rd and one out in the 7th inning. Torres bailed him oot with walk off. Lifetime with the bases loaded (56 at bats) .132. He is what the back of his baseball card says.
1 year ago :: May 09, 2022 - 8:19AM #16
bruner4329 Posts: 5,066	May 9, 2022 -- 2:09AM, qwik3457 wrote: May 8, 2022 -- 3:12PM, Carp wrote: Why is there ALWAYS an albatross on EVERY Yankees team? www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hic... Even now, mired in a slump, he's been worth 0.6 bWAR so far this season. If he keeps that up the whole season, he'll be worth over 3 bWAR (about 2 fWAR). Even the lower number has a marginal salary value of roughly $12 million. So if he can just do what he's done until now, and stay healthy most of the year, he'll be worth what he's being paid. You lost me with mired in a slump. The guy has been in the league what 8/9 years now and he has a lifetime average of .238. So the fact he is hitting .250 to me means he has over achieved and more likely headed towards his career stats.
1 year ago :: May 09, 2022 - 10:09AM #17
Raymond757 Posts: 11,795	Joey Gallo is the one that puzzles me... He's blocking Andujar and Florial for platoning in Lf... Florial is just as fast as LaCastro!
1 year ago :: May 09, 2022 - 2:57PM #18
Rob Posts: 3,623	Maybe we should pivot this thread to how big a mistake $35 M for 10 years to Aaron Judge would be. Let some other team pay him $35 M to strike out with the bases loaded.
1 year ago :: May 10, 2022 - 11:30PM #19
BoogiedownBx Posts: 171	Jacoby Ellsbury, Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa... THOSE were albatross contracts.
1 year ago :: May 11, 2022 - 7:52PM #20
BATS Posts: 339	May 8, 2022 -- 3:12PM, Carp wrote: Why is there ALWAYS an albatross on EVERY Yankees team? www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hic... Albatross? Huh? LOL....are serious? I don't think you know how to use that word, "Albatross". NO....it's not an albatross I have said this about a million times here, and people still don't get it? When Hicks signed that contract some years ago, even then it was okay. It was tradeable. Today, not only is STILL tradeable, but the yankees can clearly DFA him. Personally, I don't mind if the Yankees trade. He's too sensitive (perhaps effiminate) a person for the Yankees to keep him. After all, he needs to take days off for racially sensitive events. I mean C'mon....BE A MAN!!!! Second, IMO, it's Hicks' stupid leg kick that throws off his timing. He's trying to hit, as per how the analytics say that he should hit. However, in the process of doing so, it seems to me that his timing off. Looking at videos of years with the Twins, it doesn't seem he has a big leg kick. He needs to work with Dillon Lawson.