4 years agoNew York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks picked up a pair of walks and a single against the Rays on Tuesday, giving him a .667 batting average and 1.944 OPS through four postseason games this year. Hicks had been heating up coming into the postseason too with a .904 OPS (and three stolen bases) over his final 19 regular-season games, and a substantial part of his recent hot streak has been the result of a rebound in luck. Hicks was hampered by a low .231 BABIP through his first 35 games this season, but that number jumped up to .298 after September 6. Crucially, Hicks’s low BABIP was likely the result of bad luck, as his .364 xwOBA was 18 points higher than his .346 wOBA, and his career average BABIP is .270. Hicks is likely to cool off somewhat over the rest of the postseason, but DFS players should ride out his hot streak and expect the 31-year-old to continue posting an OPS above .800 with some added production on the basepaths.--Sam Chinitz
Source: Baseball Savant