Kyle Schwarber said he briefly spoke to the New York Yankees about potentially signing with the team before agreeing to a one-year, $10 million contract with the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
"I guess there was some interest there, there were some talks there early on, just checking in, things like that, seeing where I was at," Schwarber said of the Yankees, per Peter Botte of the New York Post. "But nothing really came to fruition there."
There was some speculation New York would add the powerful left-handed bat to the lineup, but even general manager Brian Cashman said in December it was unlikely because of the lack of space at designated hitter.