{"id":43280,"date":"2020-08-09T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-aaron-hicks-admits-his-arm-sometimes-sucks\/"},"modified":"2020-08-09T00:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T21:56:00","slug":"yankees-aaron-hicks-admits-his-arm-sometimes-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-aaron-hicks-admits-his-arm-sometimes-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees\u2019 Aaron Hicks admits his arm sometimes \u2018sucks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees\u2019 Aaron Hicks admits his arm sometimes \u2018sucks\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Early in spring training 2.0 Aaron Hicks said there were times when the ball didn\u2019t come out of his hand the way he wanted it to as he made throws. Fourteen game<\/a>s into a 60-game season, that remains an issue with the Yankees\u2019 center fielder who had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last fall.<\/p>\n

Talking before the Yankees won the first game of Saturday\u2019s doubleheader 8-4 over the Rays at Tropicana Field, Hicks, who was not in the starting lineup, was asked about his arm.<\/p>\n

While he described it as \u201creally good\u2019\u2019 Hicks said there are times when \u201cevery now and then it sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked to explain the latter remark, Hicks was clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t come out like I want it to. I\u2019ll throw a bunch of balls and I would say 90 percent of them are coming pretty good and going exactly where I want them to go and coming out with really good [velocity] and then some it doesn\u2019t want to cooperate with me,\u2019\u2019 Hicks said. \u201cBut I hear it is kind of one of those normal things recovering from Tommy John.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Aaron Hicks<\/span>Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Hicks, an arm problem wasn\u2019t the reason the switch-hitter was out of the lineup for Saturday\u2019s first game.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy arm is completely fine. I don\u2019t know why I am not playing today,\u2019\u2019 said Hicks, who said he expected to be in Aaron Boone\u2019s lineup for the nightcap.<\/p>\n

Boone had Brett Gardner in center and Mike Tauchman in left against Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow in the first game.<\/p>\n

Hicks knows when the hinge isn\u2019t going to feel its best.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would probably say I kind of have to warm up through it. I would say it is normally my first couple of throws of getting back into the inning is where it starts,\u2019\u2019 Hicks said. \u201cWhen I am warmed up I normally feel pretty good, but the later and later it gets during innings and stuff like that it starts \u2026 I kind of feel it gets cold, if that makes sense.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

As for cold, that would also describe Hicks\u2019 bat, and he wasn\u2019t alone in the Yankees\u2019 hitting freezer.<\/p>\n

Hicks took a seat entering the opener batting .188 (6-for-32) with a homer, three RBIs and a .710 OPS in 11 games. He was hitting .214 (6-for-28) with a .764 OPS against right-handers and was hitless in four at-bats versus lefties.<\/p>\n

Gary Sanchez was 3-for-33 (.091) with a .401 OPS when he caught Gerrit Cole in the first game. Shortstop Gleyber Torres was hitting .119 (5-for-42) with a .368 OPS and hitless in 21 at-bats when he singled in the second inning of the first game. In the previous seven games, Giancarlo Stanton was hitting .095 (2-for-21) with a .439 OPS and had whiffed seven times. He led off the second with a single to center in the first game.<\/p>\n

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The Yankees placed backup catcher Kyle Higashioka on the 10-day IL with a strained right oblique and replaced him with Erik Kratz. Had Chris Iannetta reported to the Yankees\u2019 alternate site when he was outrighted on Aug. 4 he might have gotten the call to back up Sanchez. Iannetta didn\u2019t report and was placed on the restricted list.<\/p>\n

Aaron Boone didn\u2019t want to get into the reason why Iannetta was on that list. A report out Saturday said Iannetta was retiring. Iannetta was on the 30-man roster and designated for assignment on Aug. 1<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. I will leave it at that right now,\u2019\u2019 when asked why Iannetta was on the restricted list.<\/p>\n

As for Higashioka, Boone hopes the Yankees aren\u2019t looking at a lengthy stay on the IL. Higashioka is slated for an MRI on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew he was having a little bit of an issue with it Thursday and then thought it was something he thought he could work through and then [Friday] it was a little tighter than we were comfortable going with as a hitter,\u2019\u2019 Boone said of Higashioka, who played in three games and went 2-for-9 (.222). \u201cHopefully we got a little bit ahead of it and we will see how the next couple of days go.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

According to Boone, there wasn\u2019t a specific incident that caused the oblique problem.<\/p>\n

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As for the 40-year-old Kratz this is his third stint with the Yankees\u2019 organization. He has played for nine big-league teams in a 10-year career. Kratz was eligible to be put on the roster since he was on the Yankees\u2019 taxi squad since Thursday night in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously we needed a catcher and [Kratz] is the next guy up. [Kratz] is really good behind the plate. Really good commanding a pitching staff, running a game and has a ton of experience,\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cVery comfortable with Erik coming in and being able to be a contributor.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Yankees recalled infielder Thairo Estrada from the alternate-site facility and designated reliever Nick Tropeano for assignment. They also added pitcher Albert Abreu as the \u201c29th man\u2019\u2019 for Saturday\u2019s doubleheader.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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