Within a span of 10 days, three former Yankees lineup mainstays — Aaron Hicks, Gary Sanchez and Luke Voit — were all designated for assignment.
Hicks was the first to go, on May 20, by the Yankees, followed by Sanchez on May 25 courtesy of the Mets, and Voit, by the Brewers, on Monday.
None of the moves were especially unexpected, although Hicks was a bit of a stunner, given that he was still due most of the $30 million the Yankees owed him from the seven-year, $70 million deal he signed prior to the 2019 season. (They’ll save about $500,000 after Hicks signed with Baltimore on Tuesday to replace the injured Cedric Mullins.)
It’s easy to draw the paths of what went wrong for all three one-time sluggers.
