Yankees have bigger issues than Aaron Hicks, Josh Donaldson
will be far more important to the 2023 Yankees than those of Donaldson and Hicks. Among other items, for the Yankees to change their offensive identity away from the rinse-repeat of beating the AL Central team and losing to the Astros playoff exit, Peraza and Volpe need to bring average, contact and speed to the lineup while still offering extra-base pop. And one of that duo has to turn Isiah Kiner-Falefa into a backup or a former Yankee.
If not for what they were owed , the Yankees would have traded Donaldson, Hicks or both in the offseason. Hicks has three years at $30.5 million still due — plus he would receive a $1 million assignment bonus if traded. Donaldson, between his 2023 salary and a 2024 buyout, is due $27 million. Of Hicks, Cashman said: “The [left field] competition is between Hicks, [Estevan] Florial and [Oswaldo] Cabrera, and because of Hicks’ talent and experience, I would not be surprised if he emerges out of that, because he’s healthy.”
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