4:13pm ET: Joe Girardi said Hicks suffered the injury making that sixth inning catch, and apparently the oblique isn’t as tight as it was the last time Hicks got hurt. He’s going for an MRI, because duh.
4:07pm ET: Aaron Hicks left this afternoon’s game with left oblique tightness, the Yankees announced. That is not the same oblique that landed him on the disabled list earlier this year. He was out with a right oblique strain. Hicks exited the game after making a running catch to end the sixth inning.
As we’ve seen with Hicks and Clint Frazier, oblique injuries are not often quick healing. Hopefully Hicks was removed as a precaution and he’ll be good to go soon. I know he hasn’t been great the last week or two, but healthy players > injured players, especially when it’s someone as talented as Hicks.
If Hicks were to miss time, the Yankees don’t really have a true fourth outfielder. Not with Frazier out too. I guess it would be Tyler Wade? The Yankees could make a 40-man roster move to add either Jake Cave or Billy McKinney — Cave can play center, McKinney can’t — but hopefully it doesn’t come to that.
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