TAMPA — The players competing to be the Yankees’ starting left fielder held their own home run derby on Saturday, with almost all of the candidates getting involved. Aaron Hicks, Willie Calhoun, Os…
TAMPA — The players competing to be the Yankees’ starting left fielder held their own home run derby on Saturday, with almost all of the candidates getting involved.and Rafael Ortega each belted home runs during the Yankees’ 14-10 loss to the Rays at Steinbrenner Field, while Estevan Florial added the hardest-hit ball of the day, a 108.1 mph line-drive single up the middle to top it off.
Asked recently if left field was Hicks’ job to lose, Boone was noncommittal, but the veteran outfielder appears set on making sure he wins it. Hicks has been encouraged in the early going by how he feels at the plate after he made an offseason adjustment to raise his hands higher in his batting stance. The tweak has allowed him to be shorter to the ball, with more time to see pitches before making a decision to swing.
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