Aaron Hicks is trying to raise his hands in order for his production to do the same.
After enduring a brutal season last year at the plate, Hicks spent the offseason focused on getting his hands higher in his batting stance — like they were in 2018, one of the best years of his career — to allow him to control the top of the strike zone more effectively in his quest to be the Yankees’ left fielder this season.
Despite Hicks’ struggles last year, the Yankees did not add a left fielder on a major league contract this offseason, “I think if you look at his swing in 2018 versus what it’s become over the last three years probably, the leg kick has gotten bigger, there’s been more counterrotation in the load and then you’ve got basically the hands get pinned down and behind,” hitting coach Dillon Lawson said Thursday.
Hicks came back to finish the regular season on a better note and then started two games in the ALDS, but had his playoffs cut short by an outfield collision with Oswaldo Cabrera. He sustained a sprained left knee that put him in a brace for six weeks, but by January he got back to running, hitting and throwing.
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