With the New York Yankees visiting the Baltimore Orioles for a four-game stint this week, their worlds collided across the country with some pertinent transaction news right before first pitch on Monday evening.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have designated former Yanks and O’s outfielder Aaron Hicks for assignment after the veteran began the season with a .140 batting average and .415 OPS across his first 18 games.

Outside of Mike Trout and Taylor Ward, the Angels’ outfield situation has been troubling, but even with the lackluster performances from Jo Adell and Mickey Moniak, the team decided Hicks had to be the odd man out.

That’s probably because he was signed for the league minimum as the Yankees are still on the hook for the remaining money on his seven-year, $70 million contract. Though Hicks has been through a lot of injury struggles the last few years, he was never a consistent threat as a major leaguer, outside of one season (2018), which earned him that massive extension (a massive Brian Cashman oversight).

All this proves is that his 65-game stint with Baltimore last season, during which he hit .275 with an .806 OPS, 7 homers and 31 homers, was nothing but a flash in the pan.