Trade Target: Michael Young

Well I was not sure how to approach the issue of trade candidates because basically everybody that is available is one for the Yankees. They need an upgrade at 1st, SS, 3rd, C, and an OF spot so trying to talk about all the players would be very tough. So instead of writing about all the options I am simply going to write about my perceived best option at every position. So first off we have Michael Young

Future Yankee?

Michael Young is 36 and is in first year of playing with a team that isn't the Texas rangers. If you recall he mostly played 1st and DH since 2011 but this season the Phillie's installed him as their everyday 3rd baseman. Defensively he has been pretty bad especially considering he wasn't very good in the field back in 2010 when he last played 3rd full time. Offensively though Young has been much better this year than last, he already has five Home runs on the year after hitting eight all last season an his slash line is .287/.345/.408 with an wRC+ 108 which would far and away beat the Yankee third base accumulation of wRC+ 58. That is not a typo Yankees third baseman have combined for a slash line of .220/.283/.299 and a wRC+ of 58, Young would be a Major upgrade over that. Some of you might say that we should just wait for ARod and while the Yankees need him back they need to add more than just ARod and Granderson and Young really should be one of those bats. Young could play 3rd until ARod is ready and then he can shift to 1st base and either platoon with Overbay or the Yankees can simply cut Overbay as Young is hitting RHP at .300/.338/.399 which is currently better than Overbay's .259/.305/.482.
This is easier aid than done though, the Phillies are currently hovering around .500 and may not want to move Young and even if they do, Young has a full No-trade clause and while he did waive it to go to the Phillies we don't know if he would to go to the Yankees or any other team for that matter. I also do not know what kind of package the Phillies would want for Young but due to the dearth of quality options at 3rd they could probably get a lot more than you would expect. Remember Zach Wheeler was traded for half a season of Carlos Beltran two years ago.