Tag: Jazz Chisholm Jr.

How the Yankees traded for Jazz Chisholm Jr.

The Yankees are better off with Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the lineup.

The New York Yankees might not be in the 2024 World Series if it weren’t for infielder/center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Chisholm has been a key part of the Yankees batting rotation and a reliable presence in the baseball diamond since joining the team in late July.

The Yankees sent three prospects to the Miami Marlins on July 27 for Chisholm ahead of the 2024 MLB trade deadline: catcher Agustin Ramirez, infielder Jared Serna and infielder Abrahan Ramirez.

Chisholm has thrived since joining New York, and he’s now trying to help the Yankees bring home their first championship since 2009.

This trade worked out very well for both sides.

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The Yankees reportedly had questions about Jazz Chisholm’s fit in locker room before trade

The Yankees adding Jazz Chisholm is big, but there was some reported trepidation before the deal.

The New York Yankees made a big swing on Saturday by reportedly trading for Miami Marlins center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. in exchange for a handful of prospects.

Chisholm is the kind of splashy addition that a World Series contender like New York makes this time of year to bolster their lineup, and he’ll certainly make the Yankees better on paper at the batter’s plate and in the center field.

However, it’s very possible that there’s internal risk-taking with the transaction.

ESPN’s Jorge Castillo reported on July 24 that New York has some questions about how Chisholm will gel with the Yankees locker room.

“Jazz Chisholm, who began his career as a second baseman, would give the Yankees some pop, but the organization has concerns about how his personality would fit inside the clubhouse, according to a league source,” Castillo reported.

The Yankees have a tough fight in the American League to make it to late October baseball, and Chisholm makes that an easier push on the field.

However, it sounds like the team has its questions in the locker room, but not questions pertinent enough not to reportedly make this deal.

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. appears to call for robot umpires after an ump’s horrible call

You can understand why he wants robot umps after this terrible call.

We’ve seen so many bad calls in baseball that calling for robot umpires isn’t just coming from fans with an automated ball-strike zone maybe someday in our future.

We now have Jazz Chisholm Jr. calling for them after a terrible call in Monday’s Miami Marlins loss to the New York Mets.

He was up at bat when umpire Rob Drake called a strike three on a Jose Butto pitch that was clearly outside by a lot. You can hear Chisholm protest on a mic, but he later took to X (formerly Twitter) with an emoji and one word to say this:

After that call? Understandable!

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Mics picked up Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s NSFW message to the umpire before getting ejected for arguing a correct call

Ump handled the situation perfectly.

It’s easy to understand the frustration throughout the Miami Marlins clubhouse. They have the worst record in the National League and the second-worst in all of baseball. They’ve lost eight of their past 10 games. And for Jazz Chisholm Jr. — once considered a potential star for the Marlins — he’s off to the worst offensive start since his rookie season.

So, on Tuesday night, it looked like home plate umpire Jansen Visconti was the unfair recipient of Chisholm’s frustration.

Batting in the seventh inning of Miami’s eventual 7-6 win, Chisholm was called out on strikes on a slider the caught the inside corner. Chisholm was convinced that the pitch was in and let Visconti hear about it. The broadcast also picked up everything Chisholm said after the strike call. (Warning: Strong language)

As easy as it is to pile on umpires, Visconti actually handled the situation about as well as any umpire should. He recognized that Chisholm was frustrated over how the game was going and let him vent about the call. But once Chisholm continued to complain from the dugout, that was it for him. Visconti ejected Chisholm at that point, and there are plenty of umpires who would have tossed the Marlins outfielder before he even made it back to the dugout.

Plus, the strike call was correct. In fact, Visconti correctly called both borderline pitches in the at-bat.

Chisholm was in the wrong there, and he probably realized that once he made his way back into the clubhouse.