Yankees living in the calm before the storm as market, needs take shape before trade deadline

PHILADELPHIA — With just over a week remaining before the trade deadline, “All’s quiet on the Western Front,” said Erich Maria Remarque — er, Aaron Boone.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

The Yankees have clear needs — most notably a bat, including one at catcher, to help rejuvenate a lineup that has been mostly lifeless for over a month now — but Boone indicated that he has not had many conversations with GM Brian Cashman in the last few days as the market waits to declare itself.“I think it’s probably just leaguewide, that calm before the storm,” Boone said Saturday before the Yankees faced the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.“I would imagine conversations are going on between clubs.

But again, you’re talking about still a number of clubs that probably don’t even know what they’re going to do, one way or another.So it’s still got to define itself here over the next several days.

I would imagine those conversations start to heat up in the next week.“Hopefully that allows us to do something that ultimately helps us.”Because of the expanded postseason, entering Saturday, only six teams (the Angels, Rockies, Mets, Royals, Giants and Athletics) were more than 6 ½ games out of the last playoff spot, with a handful of others still theoretically holding out some hope that they could sneak in if they do not sell.That has muddied the waters to an extent in terms of clear-cut buyers and sellers, as has teams deciding whether to deal players with multiple years of control — as in Padres closer Mason Miller, Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman, Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers and Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña, among others.Either way, the Yankees will be in the market trying to improve a team that was two games back of the Rays for the AL East lead (and the best record in the American League overall).They need help at catcher, where ...