Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. has been prescribed relaxation and rehab for the UCL damage in his left elbow and is predicted to play once more this season, per Jon Heyman and Greg Joyce of the New York Publish. He’ll probably nonetheless be sidelined into September, nevertheless it’s clearly excellent news for the Yanks that their most impactful deadline pickup received’t require instant surgical procedure and will return down the stretch.
Chisholm hit the injured listing simply two days in the past after struggling a left elbow pressure on a slide into house plate. As we’ve seen prior to now with place gamers, it’s attainable to play by way of ligament injury within the non-throwing elbow with out being tremendously impacted on the plate. (Each Shohei Ohtani and Bryce Harper have had productive stretches on the plate regardless of ligament accidents that required eventual surgical procedure.) That’ll be the purpose for the Yankees and Chisholm within the quick time period. There has but to be any indication that eventual offseason surgical procedure has been expressly dominated out. Presumably, that’ll hinge on how Chisholm’s elbow responds to the remainder. Most — however actually not all — sprains of the UCL do finally require surgical restore.
The 26-year-old Chisholm has been a pressure within the Yankees’ lineup since being acquired from the Marlins in trade for a prospect bundle headlined by younger catcher Agustin Ramirez. In 14 video games and 61 plate appearances, he’s ripped an unimaginable seven house runs whereas batting .316/.361/.702. That surge propelled Chisholm to twenty homers, and the 5 bases he’s swiped alongside the way in which have him at 27 steals on the 12 months. It’s the primary 20-20 season of the Bahamian-born infielder’s profession.
Chisholm’s power-speed mix and potential for a 20-20 and even 30-30 season have lengthy been obvious, however he’s been too liable to damage to appreciate that sort of manufacturing till the 2024 marketing campaign. He’s beforehand handled shoulder, again, foot and indirect accidents that restricted him to a complete of 281 video games in three seasons from 2021-23. His newest damage seems that it’ll result in one other absence of some word, but when Chisholm is again for even half of September, he’d have time to surpass his earlier career-high 124 video games in an enormous league season.
The Yankees management Chisholm through arbitration by way of the 2026 season. He’s incomes $2.625MM in 2024 and can be due a pair of raises within the subsequent two offseasons. Chisholm has served as their main third baseman since being acquired, though with Gleyber Torres slated to turn into a free agent at season’s finish, a return to second base for Chisholm subsequent season could possibly be within the playing cards. His scorching streak with the Yankees has boosted his season line from roughly common to a extra productive .257/.328/.445, and Chisholm now touts an identical .254/.319/.468 slash with 53 lengthy balls and 61 stolen bases by way of 1115 plate appearances courting again to 2022.