Yankees get 'unlikely' CJ Abrams trade update after All-Star Game

The New York Yankees are entering the second half of the Major League Baseball season with high expectations. But their losing ways in June and parts of July have them three games back of the Tampa Bay Rays for first place in the AL East. The Yankees gained some ground during the final week before the All-Star break, sweeping the Washington Nationals in D.C.One of the Nationals' All-Stars could be a trade target for the Yankees, but Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller wrote Wednesday that it may be "unlikely" the NL East club trades the shortstop. "Even if they do go the selling route, though, would they really unload CJ Abrams amid a career season with two years of control remaining?" Miller wrote. "Or maybe just get something for impending free agent Foster Griffin and call it a day?" Abrams,