Jazz Chisholm Jr. actually couldn’t face questions concerning Aaron Boone’s determination to maintain him out of the lineup for Recreation 1 of the Wild Card Sequence on Tuesday.
When requested about spending a lot of the Yankees’ 3-1 loss to the Crimson Sox on the bench, the second baseman performed the vast majority of his postgame interview together with his again turned to recorders and cameras as he aimlessly rummaged by the hangers and shirts in his locker. Together with his physique language indicating clear frustration, Chisholm initially stated “no comment” when approached.
In the end, he admitted that he was caught off guard when he came upon he wouldn’t be beginning by way of a Monday evening textual content message from Boone.
“I mean, I guess,” Chisholm stated when requested if he was stunned. “Yeah.”
Chisholm, contemporary off the fourth 30-30 season in Yankees historical past, added that he had “a little conversation, not much” with Boone concerning the selection.
“Just move forward after it,” Chisholm continued in a light method.
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The lefty-swinging Chisholm did enter Tuesday’s sport within the eighth inning, taking up at second for Amed Rosario. By the point he got here in, the Yankees had been already down, 2-1, as Luke Weaver had allowed two runs within the seventh.
“It’s always tough watching when your team is down,” Chisholm stated.
Boone determined to start out the righty-swinging Rosario towards Garrett Crochet, because the backup entered the sport 6-for-9 with a house run vs. Boston’s dominant ace. Nonetheless, Rosario went 0-for-3 on Tuesday, whereas Crochet allowed one earned run — an Anthony Volpe homer — walked none and struck out 11 over 7.2 innings and 117 pitches.
Chisholm, among the best offensive second basemen in baseball this season after logging a 126 wRC+ and an .813 OPS, acquired one at-bat: he flew out to proper towards the left-handed Aroldis Chapman with the bases loaded for the second out of the ninth inning.
Chisholm posted a decent .733 OPS towards lefties this yr, and Rosario also can play third. However the latter is a subpar defender, and with the groundball-reliant Max Fried pitching for the Yankees, Boone wished Rosario at second and José Caballero, one other right-handed hitter, at third rather than the left-handed Ryan McMahon.
With Chisholm taking a hit-by-pitch to his left forearm within the Yankees’ penultimate sport of the common season, Boone stated the choice to take a seat the speedster on Tuesday “pretty much” got here all the way down to matchups. He additionally stated Chisholm is okay bodily.
Requested if he agreed with Boone’s determination — the supervisor additionally went with the right-handed Paul Goldschmidt over hot-hitting lefty Ben Rice at first base — Chisholm replied, “I agree that we could do whatever we could do to win. You feel me?”
With the Yankees now dealing with elimination within the best-of-three Wild Card Sequence, the expectation is that their left-handed hitters, together with Chisholm, will begin towards the right-handed Brayan Bello on Wednesday. That lineup configuration should carry out higher than the one the Yankees trotted out on Tuesday, or the membership can be taking a look at an early postseason exit.
“I trust all my teammates and I believe in them,” Chisholm stated, “so that’s what makes me believe that we can come back and win. And we’re playing at home.”
