Yankees News: 4 offseason decisions Brian Cashman wishes he had back
By Tim Boyle
Brian Cashman should already have some regrets about these four New York Yankees offseason decisions.
The New York Yankees spent the 2021-2022 offseason making a bunch of questionable moves. Early on, it looked like Brian Cashman knew what he was doing. The team was so good in the first half that they were able to slump through parts of the second without much concern.
These last few months have included some brand new offseason decisions by Cashman which could have him wishing he owned a time machine. The Yankees don’t look all that much different. For better or worse, it’s what they’ll head into the 2023 season with.
Which offseason decisions should Cashman wish he could redo most?
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1) The Yankees will regret having any belief in Aaron Hicks to start in left field
If the Yankees could, we should believe they should have dumped Aaron Hicks elsewhere. Some team out there probably would have taken him on if the Yankees were willing to eat a large portion of his contract. Rather than make that move, the team is holding onto Hicks and apparently ready to give him a chance to win and keep the starting left field job.
This is going to come back to bite the Yankees. Hicks is taking up a roster spot better used on someone whose career is pointing upward. Even a more defensively gifted player on the roster whose lone purpose is to provide the team with defensive innings late makes more sense than Hicks.
His slumping bat, weakening glove, and years of underperformance should have had Cashman trying a bit harder to make the change. Even if the end result didn’t land the Yankees Bryan Reynolds, the team could have gone out and made an upgrade in free agency.