I Love Aaron Hicks!

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, rm5678 said:

And I've noticed that Hicks looks more relaxed and appears to be having much more fun as compared to when he was in NY. I've seen him smile a few times in the past week, which I never saw from him when he was a Yankee.

[Hallas]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That last picture makes it look like his face is permanently stuck in a smiling position.

[Pickles]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What a stud!  Those are clearly fake smiles to bilk the Yankees out of 70 million dollars, so he could come to Charm City and rub it in their arrogant faces.  I love this guy!

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Hallas said:

That last picture makes it look like his face is permanently stuck in a smiling position.

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, owknows said:

According to OP he was sandbagging it for 10 years, waiting for his shot with some team that wasn't the Yankees.

[yark14]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Remember when the O's picked up Beckham and he hit .400 for a stretch?

Aaah, good ol' Tim Beckham.  The only player with more career AAA at bats than Westburg.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

8 minutes ago, yark14 said:

Aaah, good ol' Tim Beckham.  The only player with more career AAA at bats than Westburg.

Westburg will get called up after he breaks Crash Davis’ minor league home run record. 

[yark14]

5 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Westburg will get called up after he breaks Crash Davis’ minor league home run record. 

I thought he already broke it?
Either way, he still has lots of boxes to check off Elias' Master Plan.

[jabba72]

I'll give Hicks credit. I didnt want him and didnt think he had this 4 game stretch in him. Absolutely on fire through 14 PA's, making the loss of Mullins a non-issue for now..

Can it continue....? Im willing to find out. 

[ChuckS]

2 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Mountcastle. Just throws ABs away. No sac flies or oppo grounders. Just Ks and swinging for the fences. He doesn’t change his game up. Frazier does. Frazier just missed a HR on Friday. Notice we haven’t seen a noticeable drop off without Mullins. 

I would argue that those contact and plate discipline skills you mentioned are “skills” rather than things that prove one guy is a team player while the other was not.

Odor was considered a team player as well last season. 

Edited June 6, 2023 by ChuckS

[BRobinsonfan]

6 hours ago, Mr-splash said:

This is amazing. Dude was sandbagging it! Got the Yanks on the hook for $20 million to watch him go bonkers for the Orioles. I wouldn't want to play in New York either. Way too many people there. Yankees are a stifling team. More of a corporation than a baseball team. Glad to have him on the team. 

11... at... bats.  That's it.  11 at bats.  4 games.  I hope he does well... but it's been 5 years and 1042 at bats since he hit better than .235.  

[Orioles0615]

I'd love if he was off the team

[DocJJ]

Is anyone else amused that someone is bent out of shape over the fact that I quoted his career MLB average at .229 when it is actually .231?  I'm guessing they must be related to Aaron?

[DirtyBird]

I love Mr-Splash

[glenn__davis]

Little too obvious on this one.