Hicks went 2-for-5 with two home runs in Friday's win over the Orioles. Hicks will keep the starting center field job when Jacoby Ellsbury returns from a concussion, manager Joe Girardi told the New York Daily News. "He's going to play a lot. That's the bottom line, when (Ellsbury) comes back," Girardi said.

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It sounds like Ellsbury will move to a fourth outfielder role as a result. Hicks' surprisingly start to the season hasn't seen any signs of slowing down as he's hitting .393 in June.