Yankees' Aaron Hicks: Avoids arbitration

Hicks agreed to a one-year deal with the Yankees on Friday, avoiding arbitration.

Analysis:

The terms of the agreement were not announced. It was a season to forget last year for Hicks, as he not only struggled against righties (86 wRC+), but was awful against lefties (25 wRC+), and he was supposed to be a southpaw killer. He enters this season as a bench bat for the Yankees.