Yankees’ Aaron Hicks on getting booed already: ‘I understand it 100 percent’

Aaron Hicks got a break from the boo birds at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, since he didn’t play in the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the Phillies.

But it was a rough opening homestand for the outfielder, who is 0-for-7 with three strikeouts to start the season and Hicks has gotten the brunt of the fans’ displeasure in the early going, especially in Tuesday night’s loss in The Bronx, when he was booed loudly on several occasions.

“I understand it 100 percent,’’ Hicks said of the fans’ reaction. “Right now, I’m focusing on myself and trying to get off to a hot start and just play baseball and have fun.”

Hicks has played in New York long enough to understand what is expected.

“It comes with it,’’ Hicks said. “You’ve got to produce. If you’re not producing, you get those kinds of results [from the crowd]. I’m just worried about producing and getting hits, playing really good defense and everything else will take care of itself. I know I can get back to where I want to be.”

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The issue of the outfielder’s harsh treatment by the Yankee Stadium crowd on multiple occasions this season remained a topic of conversation.

“We talked a little bit about it [Tuesday] night,’’ Aaron Boone said Wednesday of his chat with Hicks after Tuesday’s game.

“I do think he’s past that part of it,’’ Boone said. “I kind of believe that. He knows that’s coming.”

The 33-year-old said he’s mainly concerned with just “getting hits. The rest of it I can’t control, so I’m not worried about it.”

Boone echoed that sentiment.

“I think now, you’re at the start of the season and guys get their firsts [hits and RBIs] and get into the rhythm of the season,’’ Boone said. “I do feel he’s had mostly competitive at-bats up there.”

Starting Thursday, the Yankees play their next six games on the road, which could serve Hicks well, but Boone seemed confident it’s not an issue.

“I think he’s through that phase where it could be a little overwhelming and uncomfortable,’’ Boone said. “He just wants to move forward. … The biggest thing is to control the moment and [go] pitch-by-pitch. I feel like he did a good job of that the last two weeks of spring training.”

The Yankees figure to have more decisions to make whenever Harrison Bader returns from his oblique injury.

In Wednesday’s win, Boone went with the lefty-swinging Franchy Cordero in right field and Oswaldo Cabrera, like Hicks, a switch hitter, in left, against Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola and kept both Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton on the bench, with the hot-hitting Gleyber Torres serving as the DH.

The team’s next six games are on the road, starting Friday in Baltimore, which may serve Hicks well, but the issue of Hicks and the three years and $30 million remaining on his contract doesn’t seem to be going away.