Aaron Hicks, Luis Severino contracts are Yankees disasters: Sherman
NY Post
Aaron Hicks played in 137 games in 2018, a Ripken-esque number for him. The Yankees signed him for seven years at $70 million the following February. He has played 145 games in the three seasons since.
Luis Severino started 63 games between 2017-18, the same as Jacob deGrom, one more than Corey Kluber, two fewer than Gerrit Cole. He received Cy Young consideration both seasons and was an All-Star each year. The Yankees signed him to a four-year, $40 million pact a few days before rewarding Hicks. He has started five times since, twice in the 2019 playoffs, none in either of the last two seasons. He is, at minimum, a month away. The Yanks had gone under the luxury-tax threshold in 2018, resetting the penalty percentage. Thus, they were willing in multiyear extensions to pay Hicks and Severino a little more for 2019, believing they would be rewarded long term. Those contracts have been disasters, as much now as ever as the injury absences exacerbate Yankee issues.
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