Could Or Should We Steal Kendrys Morales

The free agent market for Kendrys Morales is drying up rather quickly after the Baltimore Orioles signed Delmon Young to a deal to presumably be their designated hitter. Looking around the league I haven't seen many teams that would be interested in the Scott Boras client so should the Yankees jump, beef up the lineup and the bench, and convince Morales to be a part time player?

Morales is just 30 years old and will be 31 by the time the season really begins to heat up in June so he would fit in with the aging Yankees core. Morales is a switch hitter that the Yankees love and that balance out the lineup, and to add he has shown he could stay healthy unlikely other Yankees switch hitting, here's looking at you Brian Roberts. Morales is listed as a designated hitter but can be hidden at first base to give Mark Teixeira a day to a day and a half off a week when he is not DH'ing or riding the bench.

Morales missed the entire 2011 season with that nasty leg injury that he suffered on a walk off home run celebration of all things but bounced back well proving the leg was finally healed. Could the Yankees convince Morales to ride the bench, maybe try to learn some third base in a pinch, get into games three or four games a week, and pitch him the whole "win a championship" here talk? I doubt it, but it would be nice if we could because teams are not exactly beating down his door on Major League deals right now.

Here are his career stats courtesy of Baseball Reference:

Year	Tm	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2006	LAA	57	215	197	46	10	1	5	22	17	28	.234	.293	.371	.664	71
2007	LAA	43	126	119	35	10	0	4	15	6	21	.294	.333	.479	.812	111
2008	LAA	27	66	61	13	2	0	3	8	4	7	.213	.273	.393	.666	73
2009	LAA	152	622	566	173	43	2	34	108	46	117	.306	.355	.569	.924	139
2010	LAA	51	211	193	56	5	0	11	39	12	31	.290	.346	.487	.833	129
2012	LAA	134	522	484	132	26	1	22	73	31	116	.273	.320	.467	.787	119
2013	SEA	156	657	602	167	34	0	23	80	49	114	.277	.336	.449	.785	123
7 Yrs		620	2419	2222	622	130	4	102	345	165	434	.280	.333	.480	.813	120
162 Game Avg.		162	632	581	163	34	1	27	90	43	113	.280	.333	.480	.813	120
LAA (6 yrs)		464	1762	1620	455	96	4	79	265	116	320	.281	.331	.491	.823	119
SEA (1 yr)		156	657	602	167	34	0	23	80	49	114	.277	.336	.449	.785	123

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/19/2014.