Aaron Hicks finally got some desired playing time on Monday, with the outfielder making his first start of the season, but it hardly went as planned.
He was booed by the Stadium crowd as soon as his name was announced in the lineup and then even more loudly following a strikeout in the bottom of the fifth, when the Yankees had a six-run lead.As Harrison Bader gets closer to returning from the oblique injury that’s sidelined him since spring training, the Yankees’ outfield situation has continued to be murky — and it’s left Hicks “definitely frustrated,” as he said on Saturday.
“He’s tantalizing,’’ Boone said of the 28-year-old, now with his fourth organization. “We got a glimpse tonight. The ball really jumps off his bat.” The new rules, which also limit pickoff throws to encourage more running on the bases, “seem to be a positive thing happening and so far served us well and impacted us well.”
“It’s a good pitch,’’ Boone said. “It has unique action and movement. Usually unique pitches are, a lot of times, good because hitters don’t see very often.”
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