New York Yankees Dealt Bad News on Reported Trade Target

In mid-October, reports surfaced by a few New York Yankees insiders that the organization had shown interest in trading for Washington Nationals’ Jacob Young, and that the Nationals had previously explored a trade of Young in January of 2026. Well, on Friday (11/6), the Jacob Young rumors came to a screeching halt, as the Nationals’ 27-year-old outfielder is reportedly signing an extension to stay with Washington. MLBTR.com’s AJ Eustance wrote (on October 17): “The Yankees have shown past interest in Nationals center fielder Jacob Young, writes Joel Sherman of The New York Post.