Between at-bats, DH Wilmer Flores slipped out of the dugout — where a misty rain and 40-degree weather had everyone at Yankee Stadium bundled up — and into the warm, dry batting cages to prepare for his next at-bat.

Hicks allowed three runs on six hits and a walk over 5.1 innings in a no-decision against Seattle on Sunday. He struck out five in the victory. Hicks was not as sharp as he was in his 2025 debut. He kept the Mariners' bats in check for the most part but coughed up solo homers to Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh in the first and third innings,