First they will have to put him back on the 40 man roster. Not saying they won't, but to bring him up, they will have to clear a spot via release or trade.
Right now, the Sox list only 5 oufielders on the 40 man (per MLB.com) and that includes Holt. There are no minor league OFs at all on it.
The Yankees could go 0-162 and it wouldn't be enough
Young is struggling vs LHPs this year. I know that's what we have him on the roster for. I get the frustration. I'm not against trading him or finding a better player to spell Beni.
He does have a .708 overall OPS, which isn't horrible. I'd still prefer him over Brentz, but his leash is getting shorter and shorter.
It would be nice, if we could trade Moreland and Young and free up $4M (1/3 of their contract cost for 2017). Then, we could trade for Alonso or some other 1Bman/DH type or someone to platoon with Beni.
People are ragging on Young, but there are plenty other hitters with worse splits than Young.
vs LHPs
.621 Young (surprisingly, he's .759 vs RHPs, which is better than many on our team)
.620 Rutledge (28 PAs)
.577 Moreland (has 56 PAs vs LHPs)
.574 Beni (has 62 PAs vs LHPs)
vs RHPs
.656 Leon
.600 Vaz (174 PAs)
.426 Holt
.412 Marrero (116 PAs)
To me, our biggest issues are not HRam, Young and our catchers' overall value, they are...
1) Beni vs LHPs.
2) Moreland vs anybody
3) Bogey's slump
4) Lack of a power hitter
5) Our catcher offense
No doubt! but he still might be the best of the bunch. Oh and for the record - I'm the guy who doesn't give a squat about the red sox luxury joke (I meant to say tax) - they were numb enough to sign these guys in the first place. Simply releasing chubby tells me that 50 or so million doesn't really mean much to them. I'm not for bringing him up but he would be ahead of Brentz on my pecking order.