Private-equity giant Apollo is nearing a transaction for roughly a 16% stake in the New York Yankees, the New York Post reported Sunday, in a structure that could make the franchise baseball’s most valuable on paper.

Apollo’s about $2.6 billion injection reportedly blends debt and equity, valuing the Yankees significantly above $12 billion, with the Steinbrenner family still holding a bit more than 60% and remaining in control. MLB approval still applies.

Limited partners projected valuation leadership over the Dodgers once the deal closes, possibly within the week. Fans worry about ticket prices; the club gains capital for stadium and media projects.

NewsHabit’s Business desk files this card for the 2026-09-20 America/New_York archive slate, grounded in dual-sourced reporting available that calendar day and without projecting later-week developments backward. Readers should treat rapidly moving war, market, and storm stories as snapshots: officials and independent outlets continue updating confirmed details. Agreement and conflict notes below summarize where major accounts align or diverge on emphasis, numbers, or motive claims.

On agreement: NY Post reporting describes a near-final Apollo ~16% Yankees stake at a $12B+ valuation. On conflict: Until MLB closes the deal, “most valuable” claims remain projections. As always, NewsHabit labels uncertainty rather than papering over it, and prefers primary agency, government, and on-the-record club sources when narratives split.

Context for archive readers: this 2026-09-20 item sat alongside other Business coverage in the same day’s thirty-story inventory, reflecting what was actually moving wires, club sites, and official bulletins then—not what became clearer only in subsequent editions.