HOUSTON — Jazz Chisholm Jr. needed to take himself out of Thursday’s sequence finale in opposition to the Astros, as he suffered contusions to each of his knees on separate performs, the Yankees introduced.
Chisholm appeared to injure his left knee when Jose Altuve tried to steal second within the third inning. As Altuve slid into the bag, his helmet collided with Chisholm’s knee. Whereas Chisholm was capable of apply an inning-ending tag, he hobbled his approach off the sector. He then struck out within the prime of the fourth inning earlier than strolling gingerly again to the dugout.
There, YES Community cameras caught Chisholm indicating that he needed to come out of the sport. He was changed by José Caballero at second base within the backside of the fourth.
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Whereas the Yankees didn’t specify the opposite play in query, Chisholm did go right down to his proper knee on a Ramón Urías grounder within the second inning. He took a second to compose himself after going to the bottom earlier than throwing to first.
Chisholm has been among the best second basemen in baseball this season, slashing .242/.339/.499 with 28 house runs, 70 RBI, 26 steals and a 132 wRC+. He wants simply two extra homers and 4 extra swipes to change into the Yankees’ third member of the 30-30 membership.
That feat is in hanging distance although Chisholm already missed a month with an indirect pressure this season. As soon as he returned from that, he primarily stopped attempting to steal for 39 video games as a result of a nagging groin harm.
Initially Revealed: September 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM EDT
