The Phillies plan to promote third baseman Cody Asche, signaling Michael Young is expected to be traded Tuesday, according to Yahoo! Sports. Asche is considered the Phillies' seventh-best prospect by MLB.com.
Asche homered twice Monday for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, which was his second two-homer game in his last seven appearances. He's batting .381 (16 for 42) with five home runs and 12 RBI in his last 10 games. After hitting .264 in April and .267 in May, Asche hit .318 in June and is batting .330 in July.