The Yankees have had some discussions relating to Jazz Chisholm Jr., writes Jon Heyman of the New York Submit. It’s not clear how critical New York’s curiosity is or whether or not they’ve been in touch with Miami’s entrance workplace.
Chisholm would be the topic of ample commerce chatter over the following three weeks. Craig Mish of the Miami Herald wrote earlier within the week that there’s elevated perception across the trade that he’ll be dealt. The Marlins most likely received’t take many gamers off the desk as they proceed the rebuild they honestly commenced with the Luis Arraez commerce at first of Could. Because of a brutal sequence of accidents that has decimated their rotation, Chisholm might be Miami’s most precious deadline commerce chip.
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The lefty-hitting Chisholm linked on his twelfth homer of the season in immediately’s loss to the Astros. He’s carrying a barely above-average .255/.324/.419 slash line via 377 plate appearances. Chisholm has stolen 18 bases however been thrown out on eight events. He’s strolling at a median 8.5% clip whereas hanging out simply over 1 / 4 of the time.
It may not be dominant manufacturing, however Chisholm at the very least seems to be like a stable on a regular basis participant. Some groups might nonetheless view him as an upside play at age 26. Chisholm was a staple on high prospect lists due to his evident mixture of athleticism and uncooked energy potential. He’s proven glimpses of that ceiling on the large league degree — most notably throughout an All-Star 2022 season by which he hit .254/.324/.535 over his first 60 video games. Chisholm’s seeming breakout yr was lower quick by a stress fracture in his again. He has been an excellent however not elite participant over the previous season and a half, hitting .253/.314/.436 with 30 longballs and 40 steals over 755 plate appearances.
That more moderen stretch has coincided with a place change. Chisholm was a center infield prospect who broke into the majors as a major second baseman. The Marlins moved him to heart area once they acquired Arraez going into ’23. Defensive metrics are blended on his outfield work. Defensive Runs Saved has rated Chisholm 14 runs beneath common in additional than 1500 heart area innings. Statcast has him as a impartial defender.
Whereas the Yankees don’t essentially want outfield assist, they need to be on the lookout for methods to deepen the lineup. New York has Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo within the nook positions. Aaron Choose has performed largely designated hitter since Giancarlo Stanton landed on the injured checklist, drawing Trent Grisham into the lineup in heart area. Taking part in Grisham frequently isn’t preferrred, however Stanton might be again across the deadline (thereby pushing Choose again to heart).
Miami hasn’t performed Chisholm for a single inning on the infield filth since 2022. Supervisor Skip Schumaker flatly shot down the thought of getting him infield reps after the Fish designated Tim Anderson for task at first of July (X hyperlink by way of Isaac Azout of Fish on First). Different groups could also be extra prepared to rotate Chisholm into the center infield, at the very least occasionally. Heyman means that if the Yankees have been to make a critical run at Chisholm, it’d possible be with an eye fixed to the infield. Neither Gleyber Torres nor DJ LeMahieu have gotten issues going offensively, leaving the Yankees with out a lot manufacturing from second or third base.
Chisholm is beneath staff management for 2 and a half seasons, so Miami ought to web a major return in the event that they do transfer him. He’s making simply $2.625MM this yr, rather less than half of which has but to be paid.
