Yankees place Aaron Hicks on the 10-day DL with muscle strain
Channel: Fire Arrow
Date: 2018-03-30

TORONTO — The injury bug continues to hit the Yankees.

Center fielder Aaron Hicks was placed on the 10-day disabled list prior to Friday's game with a right intercostal muscle strain.

Outfielder Billy McKinney has been recalled from Triple-A.

Hicks, who was limited to just 88 games last season due to injury, went 2-for-4 on Opening Day against the Blue Jays, playing the entire game. It's unclear how he got injured.
Brett Gardner will presumably move over to center, with Giancarlo Stanton perhaps getting more time in left as a result. Stanton struggled during his spring training debut in left field and couldn't come up with the three balls hit to him, but since he's looked more comfortable. 

Jacoby Ellsbury is currently rehabbing from a right oblique strain that sidelined him for nearly all of the spring. Ellsbury will require 40-50 rehab at-bats in minor-league settings before returning to the Bombers. Clint Frazier is on the seven-day concussion disabled list.

The Yankees already are without Greg Bird after he underwent right ankle surgery. Bird will miss the next 6-8 weeks.