Red Sox take easy way out with Jordan Hicks after latest disaster

Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees | Jim McIsaac/GettyImagesWhen the Boston Red Sox first acquired Jordan Hicks, there was already a healthy amount of skepticism that the move would work out. Hicks' transition to being a starter was already on pretty thin ice and most considered including Hicks in the Rafael Devers deal as a way to make the money a bit more even. There was some hope that the flamethrowing righty could regain his form in Boston, but his tenure has been anything but positive thus far.

After getting torched by the Guardians on Wednesday, Hicks is not the "proud" owner of an 8.20 ERA in his 21 appearances with the Red Sox and it has become abundantly clear that Boston could not…