Hicks (elbow) said he'll be ready to play if the MLB season resumes in July, George A. King III of the New York Post reports.

EDGE Analysis

Before MLB suspended its season in mid-March, Hicks was on track to open the campaign on the injured list while he continued to recover for the Tommy John surgery he required last October. With the season on hiatus for more than three months, however, Hicks has been able to make ample progress in his rehab without missing any games, putting him on track to be an option for the Yankees if or when Opening Day arrives. Hicks told King that in addition to taking batting practice without incident for the past two months, he's at about "80 percent" of the way through his throwing program, with the 30-year-old having pushed up his throwing distance to 160 feet. Assuming the Yankees are satisfied with where he stands on the health front and commit to Hicks as the club's everyday center fielder in 2020, Mike Tauchman and Clint Frazier look to be most at risk of losing out on steady at-bats, especially if Aaron Judge (ribs) is also ready to go at some point in July.