New York Yankees: Don’t write off Aaron Hicks

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Back in the offseason prior to the 2016 MLB season, the Yankees were in the midst of their own mini rebuild. They saw their future behind the plate in Gary Sanchez, and thus they figured they should shop longtime Yankee, John Ryan Murphy. JRM never really earned his keep on the team, but nonetheless was an admirable backup catcher. When the Yankees announced he had been traded to the Minnesota Twins for Aaron Hicks, I was intrigued to see who this new member of the team was.

The season prior, for the Twins, Hicks was decent across the board. He posted an 8.7% BB Rate to a 16.9% K Rate — en route to a .721 OPS. His 96 WRC+ and 2.0 fWAR over 97 games made me think that he will be the…