Watching a professional baseball player close their eyes and pray they caught it is not something I ever thought I'd see..

@wendigo53

Жыл бұрын

The power of prayer is aided by the power of vision.

3/40 with the bases loaded is just wild

@allen_p

Жыл бұрын

I'm choking on that stat

Bader coming back from his IL stint was the best thing that could've happened to this team, literally a sight for sore eyes

@derekconstantino7759

Жыл бұрын

He got hurt again lol

@Wilson1-d5c

Жыл бұрын

​@@derekconstantino7759not for long, it's a 10 day IL stint

@maguire4428

Жыл бұрын

bader getting injured a lot is part of the reason why the cardinals traded him

@thenotoriousfinesser2907

Жыл бұрын

@@maguire4428they could use him right now, maybe they wouldn’t be below .500

As an Orioles fan, Hicks has been great for us so far.

@lionheartmerrill1069

Жыл бұрын

As a Yankees fan born in LA, I hated seeing SoCal born Hicks get dumped. You picked up a great player. Too much pressure in NY.

@greatestnitemare6626

Жыл бұрын

Uh huh how's that deal working out? He's back to being the same old stiff he always was in the past two weeks lmfao

@rmh941

Жыл бұрын

@@greatestnitemare6626 lol, you act like we need Hicks to continue to be good. The Orioles actually have a great outfield, one of the best in baseball. Hicks was just a fill in until Mullins came back, now the Yankees are a team that basically needs to pick a guy off the street to do well for them since their outfield is trash right now. And btw Hicks continues to play decent, his numbers don't show it but he got 2 huge RBIs against the Twins that ended up leading to wins. I certainly don't mind Hicks continuing to be our 4th OF, since he is so good at getting ahead in the count and drawing walks at least, and its even better that the Yankees are paying for his success in Baltimore.

Aaron Hicks is no Pat Tabler (43 for 88 lifetime with the bases loaded).

We need more hicks, hicks fielding is a win for 29 MLB teams

Aaron Hicks is one of those players that stuns you, baffles & shakes up everything you thought you knew about baseball; he looks the part, he has all the skill in the world, but he looks absolutely *LOST* and that's never really changed. Through *ALL* of that shit, he's still managed to make generational wealth for himself lol. Check it: According to Baseball Reference: *Career to date (may be incomplete) $55,175,070 Does not include future salaries ($19.57M)*

Bryce Harper could’ve been on the Yankees but they didn’t sign him because they “had too many outfielders”, one of them being Aaron Hicks😂

Only 3 min? It thought it would be about 3 years

I'm sure this will age well and Aaron Hicks won't bounce back... I'm sure.

He’s been really good with Baltimore so far. Hopefully he’s got a few weeks of being good left until Mullins is back

As an Orioles fan, I’m glad he’s here in Baltimore, because he’s been more focused and not facing too much pressure.

And yet Brian Cashman still has a job

@maritimezhang

Жыл бұрын

He has a job because the owner likes his performance. That’s it. What your perception or views don’t matter. He is making Hal money and that’s all it matters. This is no longer the same owner that shares his fathers views. Until you see that then continue suffering

@davidclark6694

Жыл бұрын

@@maritimezhang you're preaching to the choir. I've been saying this for the last decade

@Patrick_McCullough

Жыл бұрын

They release him the other day

@kennethhanes5702

Жыл бұрын

@@maritimezhangso apparently what you’re saying is fans aren’t allowed to have any opinions and should just be robots with no emotions and have no opinions on anything when they’re the reason baseball happens?

@davidclark6694

Жыл бұрын

@@Patrick_McCullough shouldn't have signed him for 7 years to begin with

Where did the stat referenced at 3:09 come from? I am seeing Hicks as 10-66 (.152) for his career with the bases loaded.

Granted those are some cringe worthy moments but you could also compile a clip of equal length of some extremely spectacular defensive clutch plays made by him in addition to some timely hitting on his part or at bats when he really battled with the pitcher driving up his pitch count in the process. Clearly his time in NY had come to an end and it was necessary to part ways with him but I wish him well with Baltimore.

@robertcropley7714

Жыл бұрын

@rev1163 Apparently you've never seen highlight reels from earlier during his time here in NY nor are you acknowledging how he's currently doing in Baltimore?! Yeah these comments didn't age well.

@gonzowood1

Жыл бұрын

@@robertcropley7714 LOL what he’s doing in Baltimore? 😂

@rmh941

Жыл бұрын

​@@gonzowood1 He's absolutely raking... .320 batting average and a .972 OPS

@thatguitarist25

Жыл бұрын

@@rmh941 yeah he’s doing great, if he keeps it up it’s gonna be really interesting when Mullins is back. There will be a surplus of good outfielders. Or Hicks regresses and it doesn’t matter. Time will tell lol

@rmh941

Жыл бұрын

@@thatguitarist25 Not that interesting. Mullins is a top 5 CF and that's his spot the lose and the O's have two very good corner outfielders too plus Colton Cowser (one of the top OF prospects in AAA) on the way. Hicks is probably the 4th OF now, the O's current 4th OF (Ryan McKenna) has fallen off and probably will lose his spot to Hicks. Hicks will be good to have off the bench.

Hicks was a decent enough player once upon a time. Probably just needs a fresh start somewhere else to get him back on track. He's been quite serviceable for the Os thus far.

@jamesdannelly6760

Жыл бұрын

And that would Baltimore!!

@matrixphijr

Жыл бұрын

“Serviceable” He’s hitting over .400 lmao

@Kyl127

2 ай бұрын

Angels just released him. Hes back to his true form.

I know that a compilation could be made of any elite-level player grounding into multiple double plays and having fielding miscues. Sometimes those aren't fair. But, these were nearly all from 2023 with the exception of the first 1-2 that were from late last year (if I recall). I don't know what happened to Hicks. He started off as a plus/neutral-defense player with a plus bat. Then the defense went away leaving him with a plus bat. Then the wheels all came off and the Yankees would've been happy to trade him away for a bag of baseballs and couldn't find a buyer.

@j-wilk4835

Жыл бұрын

Simply put, he got hurt. Again, and again, and again, and again. He literally could not stay on the field and became our new Ellsbury. By the time he finally stayed on the field for a sizeable amount of time, he was so taken out of it and his body banged up from all the injuries that there was no way he could be the player he was. The yips almost definitely got to him as well, playing cautiously and hesitating/second-guessing on everything he does to try to not get hurt again.

He was great at double plays. Hitting into them, that is.

I’m glad he’s been able to revive his career with the orioles.

How’s this only 3 minutes

@nottelling4828

Жыл бұрын

Watching Hicks at bat reminded me of my Mixed Softball team a few years back. I reached base most of the time with ease, but the girl hitting behind me would hit a grounder to short EVERY SINGLE AT BAT. Seriously, she was the worst double play hitter I've ever seen in my entire life.

I was at that game against Tampa where he twirled around in center and hit the 1-2-3 inning-ending and rally-killing DP. I don't think I ever booed harder or louder in my entire life at a baseball game, and the fact that it was a player on the team I root for just made it even more worse. It was just pent-up frustration that built with the years of having Hicks on the team. I'm just glad he's no longer a Yankee cause I really could not stand him.

Now imagine this going viral...

I'm glad he's with baltimore now, he's doing great

Austin Hays will do his best to lead him in the O’s clubhouse

In his first 3 games away from toxic, entitled Yankee fans- Hicks has already saved a HR, scored 3 runs , has 2 walks and 0 strikeouts. Love when the Yankees have to downgrade their team every year in order to quiet their dumb fans. Who is your next scapegoat?

@cousineddie9411

Жыл бұрын

As an os fan I was kinda skeptical that they decided to pick him up to replace Mullins for the time being but as of now he’s started to change my mind a little. I think a big factor was a change of scenery. I know as a player that if you’re unhappy on a team it starts to bleed into your performance. Especially when pressure is always on for you to not screw things up.

Aaron Hicks never met a bases loaded double play he couldn't hit into.

Notice how all the clips in this video are all him in a yankees uniform

I didn't bother to watch this but this video could have been an hour long.....

Hicks used this as a video resume to get his job in Baltimore

@derrickgoodman8434

Жыл бұрын

And we get this until Ceddy returns?

Classic example of going all in on a guy just because he looks like he should be a great major leaguer.

The longevity of baseball players careers is based on adjustments. Sometimes finite sometimes drastic. Think casual fans sometime believe its the easiest of pro sports which in fact it may be one of it not the most difficult to sustain a career

@vissermatt1058

Жыл бұрын

every year dozens of players come up out of college or foreign leagues aiming for your roster spot, the competiiton is strong, and the sport is very data driven nowadays. good charisma and skills can get you far, but will it keep you around? need results... specifically a good batting average WAR score

He's been great since he got to Baltimore.

If I made that much money I'd probably stop caring too 🤷‍♂️

Dude did everything he could to get out of on NY lmao look at him now. He has definitely had the last laugh.

2:38 I was there 😭

As a Red Sox this warms the very cockles of my heart. THE VERY COCKLES

I can’t believe this guy made it past AAA.

The Yankees ruined Hicks. He was never a great player (and they over paid him) but the "launch angle" metrics and home run or strikeout philosophy the Yankees push on their players messed up his swing. He then took his pitiful hitting to the field. I'll bet he has a solid season for Baltimore.

@rmh941

Жыл бұрын

Hurts when you have assistant coaches that have never played in the MLB. Baltimore has one of the best coaching staffs and demands guys to put the ball in play and now Hicks is going off for them.

The thing for me is, this is only half of it. The crying about playing time, sheer lack of accountability (until the very, very end after Stanton told him what he should do) and the self pity, made it so much worse to watch. Had hicks behaved with accountability and humility? I think he would have played better and been more forgiven. FWIW There is a rumor floating that the last straw was when they pinch hit for him vs a righty pitcher, with DJ.. You could see the look on his face in the dugout. He is rumored to have stormed off and after the game, in the locker room, said that he was the second best OF on the team, behind only Judge. He criticized other guys. Judge and Cole took serious issue. Hal made the call. This was not Cashman's call. Cashman loved him. Either that or Hicks had some serious dirt on him. That is what I heard from a good source. I am no one, in the know by any means but I wasn't shocked to hear it. Take it as a rumor but again, would people be shocked?

bUT HICKS goes to Baltimore and hits .345!!

I think on first play he thought it was in foul ball territory

Hicks just needed to get out of New York. He's a completely different player for Baltimore.

@frankieallen0

Жыл бұрын

Hicks is injured, but he’s more relaxed in Baltimore.

These are his highlights somehow😂😂😂

@micaliza2015

Жыл бұрын

honestly rather see him do well on another team than see him play like utter dogshit on the yanks

0:52 lol the announcer wants to believe that was a triple but knows it should be an error. At least it sure sounds like that.

I never understood why the Yankees kept resigning this guy year after year.

He looks like a new man playing with the orioles

Don’t do this to my boy lol

Congratulations

Look he’s obviously no hall of famer, and I know he’s really struggled this year, but he’s been a perfectly serviceable outfielder for about a decade in this league. These lowlights feel very cherry-picked. Everybody strikes out, everybody hits into double plays, and everybody has made a goof in the field. You could do one of these vids for every regular starter in the league.

Hicks has a career .152 BA with the bases loaded. 16 Ks in 66AB and 6 GDP

It’s cause he was on the Yankees, look at him now on Baltimore. Clearly Boone needs to be fired. 😂

This must be the leaked tribute video when he returns to Yankee Stadium in a different team right? #31 #foreveryankee

@allyoopdan991

Жыл бұрын

😂😂too right!

The swing for the fences every time you bat philosophy doesn't typically work with most players and that seems to be the dominant philosophy for the yankees.

Lol

THat was very tough to watch... thats all i can say. And that is just the start of it, so many bad moments in recent years. Sorry, but im happy we wont see him in the lineup anymore. Now if we only could find anyone who would take on some of Donaldson's contract, now were talking. Also so Bader and IKF get heated in the OF. Not sure how the "chemistry" is on this team. But we need to bring up some of our youngsters like weve slowly been doing, there will be a different feel to this team. Playing a player just because of how much were paying him, no matter if hes doing any good or not.... No... i just dont dig this. Im shocked we DFA Hicks. It was like once in ever 20 games he would have a HR and 2 hits, then he'd be hitless for the next 2 weeks with a few walks. Just aint cutting it. This team still has time to get their s88t together and could be dangerous but its gonna be hard to do when we constantly have injuries. This list of our 5 starters looked like a dream come true and still have not seen Rodon, luckily German comes back. Injuries is what ya get when you sign Hicks and Donaldson's etc. Sorry for the rant.

@Wilson1-d5c

Жыл бұрын

Facts

Bros on the o’s

Killin it in Baltimore

It’s hard to be that bad

Not looking forward to seeing him in Baltimore now that Mullins is hurt

Gerrit always seemed to be on the mound pitching a gem in a tight game until Hicks fucked up some slightly more difficult than routine play that lead to Cole melting on the mound in 2022. No more Hicks = Cole Cy Young in 2023💋

So glad we got rid of him finally🎉

can he see?

He’s like the Julius randle of baseball

@robotbro7187

Жыл бұрын

not really, julius sucks in the playoffs but was great in reg season this year and his 2nd year with the knicks. Hicks had been awful for the past 4 years, hicks is more like an evan fournier

@holajovito6632

Жыл бұрын

@@robotbro7187 😂😂 damn that is pretty bad….his body language remind me a lot of randle out there

Ahhh and now us orioles fans watch him kill it for us while the Yankees pay him.

Some of these are just stupid. Guys hit into double plays sometimes. Hicks actually hit into very few. And his strikeouts weren't that frequent (everyone is striking out at historic rates now) And while some of these defensive plays were bad, others, like the one at 1:51, are just not being able to make a tough play

thank god we finally DFA'd him. It's so dumb that we kept him for so long even though he clearly sucked and tbh was probably in the bottom 5 players in the entire AL

@LamelKendrick

Жыл бұрын

he must have been pushed to the front of the line because he looks like Jeter

@ledzep9943

Жыл бұрын

@@LamelKendrick what?🤣

@assmane999

Жыл бұрын

@@ledzep9943honestly, there is some truth to their comment. It’s mentioned in “Moneyball”. Some scouts get excited about guys just because they look like a major league ball player.

Ok so !?!? He has more money then you guys 😂

As a Yankees fan I am glad that he is gone

Lmao 🤣 so bad

Aaron Hicks is the worst player I've ever seen. I will never understand why my dad always defended him when he was in NY. 😂

he quite literally looks like a child out there

He's so bad that one has to wonder if he's tanking plays.

What happened to this guy? He was decent but now its like he forgot how to play

Dude makes center field look as hard as it actually is to play. But his “awful” hitting into double plays and tappers back to the mound are not fair. Dude is not elite defensively or at the plate, stop scapegoating and realize the yanks are trash and have been since Aron Boone took over

@Wilson1-d5c

Жыл бұрын

STFU, I'll blame Hicks as much as I want.

@AR0dful

Жыл бұрын

I’d say it’s pretty fair to critique someone for going 3/40 with the bases loaded. 40 at bats is a pretty large sample size and eventually you have to produce. You really think ONLY Yankee fans would be frustrated by a guy in your starting lineup who is historically bad in high leverage situations (esp when your team is competing for/in the playoffs every year)? I don’t hate Hicks and he started off solid for us, but injuries and his performance have gotten so bad where yeah… he should be let go lol

I miss him 😂

I love watching Yankees fans just turn on their own players 😂. They love them when they are playing well but once they drop in performance just a little they start to boo and whine. Probably one of the reasons why y’all do nothing in the playoffs with a stacked roster cause y’all never let your players be human and get into slumps without putting more salt in their wounds.

Never stopped you from going nuts every time he hit one to the sticks though. God Yankee fans are insufferable.

@Wilson1-d5c

Жыл бұрын

Your mom is insufferable

Yeah, your a baseball player. Even the best fail 60% when they bat. There’s no point in making this video. Hicks has been solid in his career.

Typical Ne_ York Yankee...

This is what you choose to do with your life? Kick a man when he's down?

I'm so glad the twins traded him

AGAIN WHY IS HE IN THE SHOW?????? AND FOR ALL OF US WHO WORE THE NUMBER 31 , AARON TAKE OFF THE NUMBER YOUR FREAKING EMBARASSING - SERIOUSLY

Classic example of going all in on a guy just because he looks like he should be a great major leaguer.