Brian Cashman reveals horrifying plan for Yankees outfield

Brian Cashman checked off priority No. 1 in the Yankees outfield this offseason, but the roster is far from perfect.

Outside of Aaron Judge, the only consistent themes with the New York Yankees outfield over the last season and a half or so have been poor fits, bandaid experiments, and poor play.

Yankees fans (ironically at times, not so ironically at others) begging the team to sign 39-year-old Brett Gardner last season tells you everything you need to know about the outfield situation at Yankee Stadium.

We’ve seen loads of players go out and try to play the field. Clint Frazier was a nightmare we’d like to forget about. Miguel Andujar played a bunch of games in the field, but never found a consistent spot on the team. Oswaldo Cabrera was out there at times last season.

Oh, and Aaron Hicks, who basically got booed off the field during the postseason. Criticism toward Hicks was perhaps unfair at times as anyone playing not up to par in the outfield caught the flack that fans had been simmering with for years, but he was not good at all.

Unfortunately for Yankees fans, don’t expect much to change.

Brian Cashman is going forward with Aaron Hicks as the left fielder

Brian Cashman spoke on left field and implied Aaron Hicks was the guy there as he is recovering from an injury he sustained during the playoffs:

Hicks slashed an abysmal .216/.330/.313 last season. Thankfully, his fielding is… OK. He put up 4 defensive runs saved (eighth among outfielders) and 1 outs against average.

But while those stats paint a nice picture, Yankees fans will not be able to wipe things like this from their memory:

Left field at Yankee Stadium can be tough to play, especially in juxtaposition with right field, since it’s much deeper than the short porch. Thankfully left center is the bigger concern, and the Yankees trading for Harrison Bader at the deadline gives them an elite defensive option to cover that part of the field.

Aaron Hicks, though, is not a good option at left field and the Yankees planning to move forward with him in that position tells you everything you need to know about what to expect this year: The Yankees may have gotten the “need to do” parts of the offseason right, but they didn’t go much further than that. Especially when they were the incumbent Andrew Benintendi team (he signed with the White Sox), they could have come out better than this and should be pursuing other available options.

While their cross-town counterparts are spending every dollar they can find in the couch cushions of the front office, the Yankees seem content with bad options.

Hopefully, things start looking up for Hicks next season, especially on the offensive side. Yankees fans better hope so if this is really their plan for left field.