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Baltimore Orioles Activate Veteran Outfielder Aaron Hicks Off of Injured List

Longtime New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks has been banged up for three weeks, but he is finally ready to return to the Baltimore Orioles.
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Baltimore Orioles Activate Veteran Outfielder Aaron Hicks Off of Injured List
Baltimore Orioles Activate Veteran Outfielder Aaron Hicks Off of Injured List

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The Baltimore Orioles have activated outfielder Aaron Hicks from the 10-day injured list, the team announced Monday.

To make room for Hicks on the active 26-man roster, Baltimore optioned outfielder Colton Cowser to Triple-A Norfolk.

Hicks had been on the injured list since July 25 due to a left hamstring strain. On Aug. 11, the Orioles sent the veteran outfielder on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Norfolk, where he went 1-for-8 with three strikeouts and a run across two games.

Before he went to the injured list, Hicks was batting .252 with six home runs, 20 RBI, three stolen bases and a .784 OPS in 42 games as a member of the Orioles.

Hicks opened the 2023 season with the New York Yankees, marking his eighth consecutive year with the Bronx Bombers. The Yankees designated the 33-year-old Hicks for assignment on May 20, though, midway through the seven-year, $70 million contract he signed with the team in 2019.

The Orioles signed Hicks as a free agent on May 30.

Over the course of his major league career – which dates back to 2013 with the Minnesota Twins – Hicks is a .231 hitter with 107 home runs, 376 RBI, 117 doubles, 68 stolen bases, a .716 OPS and a 13.8 WAR.

Hicks is the second experienced outfielder to come off the injured list for the Orioles this week. Former All-Star Cedric Mullins was activated Friday, and he almost single-handedly lifted Baltimore to a win on Sunday.

With Hicks and Mullins back in the fold, Baltimore now has plenty of options in the outfield alongside power-hitting right fielder Anthony Santander and first-time All-Star Austin Hays.

The Orioles are scheduled to open up a three-game series against the San Diego Padres on Monday night at 9:40 p.m. ET.

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Sam Connon
SAM CONNON

Sam Connon is a staff writer covering baseball for “Fastball on SI.’’ He previously covered UCLA Athletics for On SI’s All Bruins site, and is a UCLA graduate, with his work there as a sports columnist receiving awards from the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon also wrote for On SI’s New England Patriots site, Patriots Country, and he was on the Patriots and Boston Red Sox beats at Prime Time Sports Talk. Sam lives in Boston.

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