Given the Yankees reported hunger to acquire controllable pitching over the past year, it makes sense that they would target one of Washington’s many elite young arms in a trade for Aroldis Chapman.
There has been a lot of posturing on both sides in recent days, but the Nationals still seem like the best fit for a Chapman trade on paper, both in terms of their need and what they have to offer.
The Yankees have been linked to all of Washington’s top starting pitching prospects in the last few weeks, including Lucas Giolito, Erick Fedde, and Reynaldo Lopez, who all have appeared on Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects list.