Jazz Chisholm Jr. makes Yankees launching, one day after being gotten from Marlins in trade

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was set to make his New York Yankees launching Sunday night versus the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, one day after he was obtained from the Miami Marlins for 3 small leaguers.

Chisholm showedup at the ballpark about 90 minutes before the veryfirst pitch and was penciled into the lineup batting 5th and playing center field. Wearing uniform No. 13, he struck out his veryfirst time up.

“Right now, I’ve got him in the middle of the order,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated about 40 minutes before Chisholm gottenhere. “I kind of see him there right now, particularly the method (Alex Verdugo), I feel like, is beginning to swing the bat.”

An All-Star 2nd baseman in 2022, the 26-year-old Chisholm has played center field for most of the past 2 seasons. He batted .249 with 13 homers and 50 RBIs for Miami this year and is a .246 profession player with 66 homers and 205 RBIs in 5 seasons.

Boone stated Chisholm might likewise bat leadoff. He started the day with 22 taken bases, matching last season’s overall and one shy of his profession high.

“We’ll simply see how it all shakes out,” Boone stated. “The greatest thing with him getting in today, I desired to get him beginning to work in the dirt, in the infield, however I felt like simply getting in, I’d put him in the outfield for today.”

Gleyber Torres is New York’s daily 2nd baseman, though he can endupbeing a totallyfree representative after the World Series. Boone stated if Chisholm plays the infield for the Yankees this year it will mostlikely be at 3rd base — a position he’s neverever played in the majors.

“I desire him to start working there. It’s not something he’s played, undoubtedly. He came up as a shortstop. I feel like he has the ability set to do it,” Boone stated. “I understand he’s open to doing it, however I desire to see how that looks. … Excited to have him. We’re a muchbetter group today, a muchbetter lineup with him here.”

To open a area for Chisholm, infielder J.D. Davis was designated for task. Davis went 2 for 19 (.105) with one RBI and 9 strikeouts in 7 videogames for New York after being obtained from Oakland on June 23.

Boone likewise stated slugger Giancarlo Stanton stays on track to come off the hurt list Monday in Philadelphia. Stanton hasn’t played because straining his left hamstring while running the bases on June 22.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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