Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. says return to Miami ‘not an enormous deal’
Jazz Chisholm Jr. spent his first four-plus massive league seasons in Miami, and he didn’t at all times have the simplest time there.
However with the second baseman returning to LoanDepot Park for the primary time since being traded to the Yankees final summer time, Chisholm is hardly including significance to a three-game sequence with the Marlins that begins on Friday.
“It’s not an enormous deal to me going to Miami,” a laughing Chisholm instructed the Every day Information earlier this week.
One in every of baseball’s extra colourful and candid characters, Chisholm’s vibrant persona has been embraced within the Yankees’ clubhouse since final summer time’s swap, which despatched Abrahan Ramirez, Jared Serna and Agustín Ramírez to the Marlins. Nonetheless, the 27-year-old had a tough time becoming in amongst the Marlins’ veterans from 2020-2024.
Chisholm has overtly talked about how the staff took problem with the way in which he dressed, in addition to his distaste for Miguel Rojas. The inventive infielder has instructed tales about Rojas pouring milk in and chopping up pairs of Chisholm’s customized cleats as a rookie.
Again in spring coaching, the Bahamian-born Chisholm, who’s Black, instructed The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner that he felt racial bias performed a component in him being ostracized in Miami, although different gamers on that staff felt the rift stemmed extra from a conflict between old-school and new-school personalities.
No such divide has surfaced in New York. Whereas Aaron Boone will sometimes inform Chisholm to be himself “inside cause,” the infielder resides his greatest life with the Yankees.
“Sure, 100%,” Chisholm instructed The Information again in March when requested if it was harder to be himself as a Marlin. “I felt like Miami had extra guidelines than right here.”
“All people’s telling me to be myself [in New York]. No one actually needs me to take my persona away, and so they actually love me being myself,” Chisholm added. “I’m tremendous snug right here. I wouldn’t wish to go nowhere else, truthfully.”
Chisholm has loved a robust season since these feedback, as he entered Thursday’s sport towards the Rays with a .244 common, .813 OPS, 18 dwelling runs, 49 RBI, 12 stolen bases and a 127 wRC+. He’s been even higher since getting back from an indirect pressure in early June, hitting .282 with an .874 OPS, 11 homers and 32 RBI previous to Thursday.
With Chisholm feeling cozier within the Yankees’ clubhouse and enjoying a number of the greatest baseball of his profession, he feels there’s no want for him to have a chip on his shoulder towards the Marlins this weekend.
“Nope. No. For what? It’s Miami,” he stated. “I’m right here doing what I gotta do.”
Chisholm added that he’s nonetheless shut with a number of Marlins, together with Xavier Edwards and Edward Cabrera. He additionally talked about Jesús Sánchez, however he was traded to the Astros on Thursday.
As for all of the vets Chisholm beefed with, they’re not on the Marlins. That features Rojas, a member of the Dodgers.
“They already cleared out,” Chisholm stated. “I don’t know no person else.”