Thought of a throw-in to the Juan Soto commerce and sparingly used final season, nobody anticipated Trent Grisham to hit 25 house runs for the Yankees this 12 months.
And but, with greater than a month to go within the common season, Grisham has already reached that non-public greatest. The middle fielder made it there on Sunday, clubbing two solo pictures because the Yankees prevented a four-game sweep with a 7-2 victory over the Purple Sox on “Sunday Night Baseball.”
Grisham wasn’t the one pinstriper to homer within the rivalry win, which “improved” the Yankees to 2-8 in opposition to the Purple Sox this season and put the Bombers a half-game again of Boston for American League’s prime Wild Card spot.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. additionally left the yard twice, as he began the scoring for a beforehand dormant offense with a two-run homer off Dustin Could within the second inning. He pulled one other two-run jack within the eighth off Walker Buehler.
José Caballero, beginning instead of Anthony Volpe, added a sac fly within the fourth after Giancarlo Stanton reached on a 117.8-mph double. An erratic Carlos Rodón additionally did effectively sufficient on the mound, limiting the Purple Sox to at least one hit and two earned runs over 5.2 innings regardless of a 5-to-3 walk-to-strikeout ratio.
Whereas Grisham wasn’t the one Yankee with a multi-homer sport on Sunday, he now has 4 this season. He first took Could deep within the third earlier than tagging the righty once more within the fifth. All in all, the leadoff man totaled 819 toes price of dingers whereas going 2-for-2 with two RBI and two walks.
Grisham now has an .820 OPS and a 131 wRC+ this season. Each can be perfectly-timed career-highs, as he’s set at no cost company this offseason.
It is going to be fascinating to see what kind of deal Grisham indicators, and whether or not the his present employer will pursue a reunion, because the 28-year-old owned a .697 OPS and a 95 wRC+ over six seasons with the Brewers, Padres and Yanks previous to this breakout offensive marketing campaign, which has included loads of clutch moments. He was an elite defender previous to this season, successful two Gold Gloves, however metrics have been much less type to him in 2025.
Grisham, impacted by a nagging hamstring for a number of weeks this summer season, entered Friday’s sport with -2 Outs Above Common, the worst mark of his profession.
Additionally factoring into Grisham’s future are the Yankees’ different outfielders. Aaron Decide and Jasson Domínguez are underneath contract for years to come back, whereas Cody Bellinger has a participant choice for subsequent season and a observe report extra deserving of a giant contract ought to he decide out, the doubtless state of affairs given the season he’s loved.
Spencer Jones, one of many Yankees’ prime prospects, can also be a part of the puzzle, and there’s all the time the potential to signal an exterior free agent like Kyle Tucker to a long-term deal.
The Yankees might probably lengthen a one-year qualifying provide to Grisham, which might internet the crew a draft decide if he have been to signal elsewhere. If Grisham have been to simply accept the provide, the Yankees can be on the hook for a large wage in 2026.
Final winter, the 2025 qualifying provide was set at $21.05 million.
After all, all that’s nonetheless a couple of months away from severe consideration. For now, Grisham is a Yankee trying to set a couple of extra career-highs earlier than a possible playoff run and his first crack on the open market.
Initially Printed: August 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM EDT
