Yankees paying for Aaron Hicks' Angels contract

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Aaron Hicks has another new team, but the Yankees are still paying for their mistake.

Hicks signed a one-year deal with the Angels on Monday, the team announced.

The Yankees, who designated Hicks for assignment last May to end his disappointing tenure in The Bronx, are still on the hook for the last two years of the seven-year, $70 million extension they signed the outfielder to in 2019, which runs through 2025.

It allows the Angels to get away with paying Hicks the league minimum — $740,000.

The Yankees are responsible for $8.76 million in 2024 and then $9.5 million in 2025 as well as a $1 million buyout for 2026, according to The Post’s Joel Sherman.

The 34-year-old Hicks, who had been the Yankees’ longest-tenured player, stayed in the American League East and signed with the Orioles last year after his release.

He had been slashing just .188/.263/.261 with one home run, five RBIs and a .524 OPS in 28 games with the Yankees before getting cut.

But with the Orioles, Hicks hit .275/.381/.425 with seven homers, 31 RBIs and an .806 OPS in 65 regular season games and had two hits — including a home run and 5 RBIs — in 10 plate appearances during the ALDS.

A largely unpopular figure among fans throughout his time with the Yankees, Hicks hit .232/.337/.398 with 81 home runs, 278 RBIs and a .735 OPS as well as 515 strikeouts in seven-plus years with the team.

He began to hear loud boos during his final days with the team.

He heard more jeers at the Stadium when he returned for the first time with Baltimore, though Hicks belted a home run during the Orioles’ July 4 win over the Yankees.

“Yeah [I was expecting the reaction],” Hicks said after that game. “The way that this year was going, things that I’ve been hearing while I was out there when I was here. I kind of assumed that was gonna happen, but I just go out there and continue to battle and try to win games.”

Yankees fans might still boo Hicks as he plays with the Angels, but they’ll do so with their own team continuing to pay the vast majority of his salary.

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