The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the New York Yankees 9-4 at Yankee Stadium in New York on Saturday. Brewer Hicklen has been sent to the Phillies in exchange for cash considerations

The Yankees have had a need for a third baseman since releasing DJ LeMahieu and moving Jazz Chisholm back to the keystone. As of late, manager Aaron Boone has used a combination of Oswald Peraza and Jorbit Vivas at the hot corner. Clearly New York, now 4 ½ games back in the American League East, was not satisfied with that arrangement.

The New York Yankees activate reliever Yerry De Los Santos from the IL ahead of Phillies matchup as bullpen issues continue to raise urgency.

The New York Yankees have shown interest in a frontline starting pitcher who has surprisingly hit the trade block ahead of the July 31 trade deadline, but they'

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Amed Rosario is joining the Yankees for the first time But he already has a walk-off HR at Yankee Stadium, 8/28/20 with NYM in a game where NYY batted first Rosario's walk-off home run at Yankee Stadium, in which he was a *visiting player* (determined by venue, NOT who bats… https://t.co/FNnUoiJ4R1

It hasn’t been easy for the Yankees since the All-Star break. They split the first six games, and they left Toronto on Wednesday with a bad taste in their mouths because they didn’t gain any ground on the first-place Blue Jays in the American League East race.

They aren’t bad options at all, but they’re no Suarez. The good thing is to get either of them, the Yankees would have to cough up a lot of prospects in return. Donovan has had a strong season with St. Louis and if the Cardinals decide to sell he could be a solid acquisition.