Manager Blake Butera said after Sunday's game against Atlanta that Garcia was scratched from the lineup after the skipper was told a trade was "really close," Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.
Butera noted that nothing is official and didn't mention a trade partner, but Joel Sherman of the New York Post indicates that the Yankees and Nationals are close to reaching a deal. Garcia has already clubbed a career-high 23 home runs this season, and his .873 OPS through 104 games would also be a career best.