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Report: the Yankees will consider replacements for Alex Rodriguez

By Chris Cwik | CBSSports.com

July 25, 2012 11:24 am ET

With Alex Rodriguez out for six to eight weeks with a fractured hand, the Yankees could be in the market for a third baseman.

The New York Post’s Joel Sherman outlined three players the Yankees might go after in a trade.

Like many, Sherman believes the Yankees will consider Padres third baseman Chase Headley. But as CBSSports.com’s Jon Heyman tweeted, the Yankees may be unwilling to meet the Padres’ demands in a trade. The asking price for Headley is extremely high.

The Phillies could look to trade away Ty Wigginton, and the Yankees could be a fit. Wigginton has a $4 million club option for 2013, or can be bought out for $500,000.

With Todd Frazier playing well, the Reds could deal Scott Rolen. Rolen, however, does have a no-trade clause, and may not want to leave the Reds in the middle of a playoff race. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer’s John Fay, the Reds are not going to trade Rolen.      I like Wiggington.  He can platoon with Chavez, play other positions and serve as a right hand bat off the bench.      STATS BELOW  He’s only hitting .234, but could be serviceable for Yanks.  EDB

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1998	20	NYM-min	A-	70	290	272	39	65	14	4	8	29	11	2	16	72	.239	.284	.408	.692		111	4	1	1	0	0		PFD · NYPL
1999	21	NYM-min	A+	123	522	456	69	133	23	5	21	73	9	12	56	82	.292	.373	.502	.875		229	5	4	4	2	4		SCE · FLOR
2000	22	NYM-min	AA	122	487	453	64	129	27	3	20	77	5	5	24	107	.285	.319	.490	.809		222	4	2	1	7	0		BNG · EL
2001	23	NYM-min	AAA,AA,A+	89	340	297	35	76	16	0	7	25	4	3	36	73	.256	.340	.380	.721		113	4	3	2	2	0		NFK,BNG,SCE · IL,EL,FLOR
2002	24	NYM-min	AAA	104	435	383	49	115	26	3	6	48	5	3	43	50	.300	.366	.431	.796		165	7	1	0	8	4		NFK · IL
2002	24	NYM	NL	46	127	116	18	35	8	0	6	18	2	1	8	19	.302	.354	.526	.880	133	61	4	2	0	1	0	534/79
2003	25	NYM	NL	156	633	573	73	146	36	6	11	71	12	2	46	124	.255	.318	.396	.714	88	227	15	9	1	4	2	*5	RoY-8
2004	26	NYM-min	A+	2	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750		3	0	0	0	0	0		SCE · FLOR
2004	26	TOT	NL	144	545	494	63	129	30	2	17	66	7	1	45	82	.261	.324	.433	.757	95	214	15	2	1	3	6	*54/3
2004	26	NYM	NL	86	339	312	46	89	23	2	12	42	6	1	23	48	.285	.334	.487	.821	111	152	11	1	1	2	4	54/3
2004	26	PIT	NL	58	206	182	17	40	7	0	5	24	1	0	22	34	.220	.306	.341	.646	68	62	4	1	0	1	2	5
2005	27	PIT-min	AAA	72	328	280	53	82	18	0	14	52	8	5	45	56	.293	.390	.507	.897		142	4	1	0	2	4		INA · IL
2005	27	PIT	NL	57	171	155	20	40	9	1	7	25	0	1	14	30	.258	.324	.465	.788	105	72	3	1	1	0	0	5/34
2006	28	TBD-min	AAA	2	8	8	2	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	1.000	1.375		8	0	0	0	0	0		DHM · IL
2006	28	TBD	AL	122	486	444	55	122	25	1	24	79	4	3	32	97	.275	.330	.498	.828	112	221	11	6	1	3	3	345/97D
2007	29	TOT	MLB	148	604	547	71	152	33	0	22	67	3	4	41	113	.278	.333	.459	.792	107	251	16	8	0	8	0	543D/79
2007	29	TBD	AL	98	417	378	47	104	21	0	16	49	1	4	28	73	.275	.329	.458	.786	107	173	8	5	0	6	0	453D
2007	29	HOU	NL	50	187	169	24	48	12	0	6	18	2	0	13	40	.284	.342	.462	.804	106	78	8	3	0	2	0	5/379
2008	30	HOU-min	AAA	3	13	9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	.111	.385	.333	.718		3	0	2	0	0	1		RRK · PCL
2008	30	HOU	NL	111	429	386	50	110	22	1	23	58	4	6	32	69	.285	.350	.526	.876	129	203	9	8	0	3	1	57
2009	31	BAL	AL	122	436	410	44	112	19	0	11	41	1	2	23	57	.273	.314	.400	.714	86	164	16	2	0	1	1	35D/647
2010	32	BAL	AL	154	649	581	63	144	29	1	22	76	0	1	50	116	.248	.312	.415	.727	98	241	23	8	1	9	3	345/D	AS
2011	33	COL-min	AAA	2	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.286	.444	.286	.730		2	0	0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
2011	33	COL	NL	130	446	401	52	97	21	2	15	47	8	1	38	84	.242	.315	.416	.731	87	167	10	5	1	1	4	537/9
2012	34	PHI	NL	84	276	244	32	57	8	0	9	36	1	0	26	61	.234	.304	.377	.681	84	92	5	1	0	5	1	*35
11 Yrs				1274	4802	4351	541	1144	240	14	167	584	42	22	355	852	.263	.323	.440	.763	100	1913	127	52	6	38	21