It’s been extensively discussed on this website by yours truly, and many of my colleagues, that the Yankees are probably best served to move on from Aaron Hicks, and at this point, it would be a mutually beneficial move.
Hicks is a veteran, but at 33 years of age, he is more than capable of flourishing as a depth piece in another environment. Alas, it is just not working out in the Bronx, and while his long-term contract doesn’t help, it also shouldn’t deter the Yankees from moving off him.
Back at the trade deadline, the Padres wanted to move on from first baseman Eric Hosmer, an even bigger disappointment on an even bigger contract.