With reporters making their manner into the Yankees’ clubhouse on Thursday morning, Trent Grisham reversed roles and requested a query.
The middle fielder, not sure whether or not the day’s matinée started at 1:05 p.m. or 1:35 p.m., wished to nail down the beginning time earlier than going about his pregame enterprise. The shortage of certainty spoke to Grisham’s laid-back demeanor, which has proven by on and off the sphere in his two seasons with the Yankees.
“I don’t think Grish knows the word ‘press,’” Aaron Boone quipped earlier this week.
Boone made an analogous remark whereas speaking about Grisham following Thursday’s 7-3 win over the Angels, which had a 1:05 p.m. begin and snapped a six-game shedding streak. Hardly derailed by any earlier doubt within the scheduling, the Gold Glove-winning Grisham started the sport with an extended working catch close to the wall in right-center.
Then the left-handed hitter, demoted to ninth within the lineup for the primary time since April 11, crushed an extended two-run homer off Tyler Anderson within the second inning. That gave the Yankees, who had been struggling to attain previous to Thursday, a 3-2 lead earlier than Paul Goldschmidt went back-to-back with Grisham.
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Trent Grisham runs the bases after his second inning two run dwelling run towards the Angels at Yankee Stadium on Thursday. (Photograph by Jim McIsaac/Getty Photos)
“It’s always nice to come through,” Grisham, who additionally had a double, mentioned earlier than noting Goldschmidt’s homer. “I think it’s just nice when they come in bunches. The more the better.”
Not a lot had come Grisham’s manner shortly.
Whereas Thursday’s dinger was his 14th of the season, he had hit only one over his earlier 29 video games. Grisham additionally had a .190/.315/.248 slash line and solely six RBI over that stretch.
It was an enormous departure from his sensational begin, a 34-game stretch that often noticed Grisham main off as he hit .288/.373/.663 with 12 dwelling runs and 22 RBI.
“I get asked a lot about Grish after him being over 1.000 OPS, setting the world on fire and then not getting some results,” Boone mentioned. “I still look at his at-bats, and he’s been pretty consistent at-bat-wise, just controlling the strike zone, not getting a ton of results. But I feel like he’s been close there throughout the last few weeks. So for him to break through with the power today, and then add another one by setting the table with the double there to give us an insurance run, really productive there at the bottom today.”
Whereas Grisham had cooled off up till Thursday, he has attributed his improved efficiency this season to a greater mindset.
Earlier this season, he mentioned the significance of psychological well being and famous that he’s sought the assistance of Dr. Bob Rotella, a sports activities psychologist, and Chad Bohling, the Yankees’ senior director of organizational efficiency.
“I was thinking like crap for a few years and playing like crap,” mentioned Grisham, who struggled in his previous few seasons with the Padres and barely performed final 12 months with the Yankees.
On Thursday, Grisham burdened — possibly that’s the incorrect phrase for him — that his chill demeanor requires a “conscious effort.” Nevertheless, he added that the Yankees’ clubhouse makes it a bit simpler for him to remain even-keel, even when his numbers fluctuate.
“This game, over 180 days, will beat you up,” Grisham mentioned. “So that was something that was taught to most all of us when we were young or coming up through the minor leagues. I don’t think you really understand it until you get to this level. But when you get to a team like this with a bunch of veterans around and seeing the way they lead and see the way that they’re consistent day in, day out, it rubs off on guys.”
