Is Aaron Hicks the next Yankees star?

The Didi Gregorius trade will go down as perhaps GM Brian Cashman’s finest move. With Derek Jeter retiring in 2014, Cashman was tasked with replacing a legend, in name if not in performance by that point. Cashman flipped literally (literally!) Shane Greene for Gregorius, a first-division starter who just might be breaking out as a ful-fledged star.

Pretty high up on the list of clever Cashman maneuvers, though, also has to be the move to acquire Aaron Hicks. After the 2015 season, Cashman traded John Ryan Murphy, coming off a solid campaign as the Yankees’ backup catcher, for the center fielder. Hicks was a former top prospect who had lost some of his shine after three up-and-down,…