Outsmarting the juju gods, Aaron Hicks heats up in winter ball, then leaves before getting hurt

Congrats to Aaron Hicks, the relentlessly maddening specter of Yankee frustration. He just finished a two-week stint in the Dominican Winter League without tearing anything. 

Here's his line for 12 games with the Leones del Bumfukkery: 13 for 49 (.265), one HR, nine RBIs and 10 Ks.

This microscopic sample size ignores the fact that Hicks heated up in his final games, going 6 for 11. Thus, he neatly pulled the plug on his comeback before the next, inevitable tweaked gonad. 

Over his nine-year career, Hicks' Yankee experience has always gone this way: 

He starts slowly. He gets hot. He gets hurt.

That's it. He breaks bad. He breaks out. He breaks down. He almost seems too muscular for his own good. The man is a walking sandwich of pulled pork.  

In pondering Hicks' two-week numbers, I wondered if they are even worth mentioning. Look, it's great that he's attempting a comeback. I still remember that magnificent night in Minnesota, when his miraculous catch saved the game and his HR won it. He always looks great - before looking for a surgeon. 

But I ask you, o juju gods: How in fuck could the Yankees enter 2022 thinking Hicksy remains a viable CF option? He'll start slowly. He'll get hot. He'll get hurt. Do we need to experience it again? As Bojack once said, Fool me once, shame on you. Teach me to be fooled, and you'll fool me the rest of my life. 

Anyway, he'll be only 32 this year. He's not too old. But is he worth it? Last year, he finished at .194 with 4 HRs. Over his career, one of his statistical doppelgangers is Roger Repoz, a name that stands for unfulfilled Yankee hopes. 

So, anyway, congrats to Hicksy. And wherever you are, Mr. Repoz - (you're listed to be 81) - happy holidays.