Just about anything at this point is a better option than the struggling Hicks.
A lot of focus this season has been around the sputtering Yankees offense, particularly the drastic decline of Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira, who before the season began were the Yankees expected source of power.
The expectations for outfielder and newcomer Aaron Hicks were much more modest than those of Teixeira and Rodriguez, but contribution was expected from the former first round pick, still in his mid twenties, and acquired in the off-season for John Ryan Murphy, who provided a solid backup to Brian McCann behind the plate last season.