Yanks: Trading Romine

Yanks are probably going to trade C Austin Romine in the next week or so.   Romine looked like a great second round pick back in the day, but his offense after looking impressive during the second half of his age 19 season at Charleston, never seemed to progress the way that season suggested it would.  He's had some injuries and another season where he hit a bit, but he's not the Russel Martin clone he looked like in his early days in the organization.   That said, he's good enough to be some team's back-up and could still develop as a useful offensive player and star somewhere someday.  

That said, he is out of options, and so the Yanks can't send him down without exposing him to waivers.  Thus they'll trade him.   The Phillies and Padres have been mentioned, and I really don't care who they trade him to, but I hope they can move him and money or another player for a competitive balance pick in the 2015 draft.   Those can be traded and if the Yanks are July 2, 2014 serious about adding talent, they'll use this opportunity to try to add another pick.  Don't really need any more castoffs.