Jazz Chisholm Jr. has so much to say, which is particularly welcome since most Yankees are both conveniently scarce or strategically uninteresting throughout media hour and we’d in any other case be counting on the euphemistic stylings of Aaron Boone.
We within the writing press want to recollect to ship a Christmas present to Chisholm, the utterly unbuttoned participant on MLB’s traditionally most buttoned-up staff. The annual Good Man award alone received’t suffice for the de facto Yankees spokesman.
It’s been a busy time for Jazz, even by his requirements. He not too long ago grew to become solely the third Yankee ever to go 30-30 (30 homers, 30 steals), becoming a member of Alfonso Soriano and Bobby Bonds, which is a heck of an accomplishment since he’s performed solely about three-fourths of a season on account of accidents (124 video games). So if he can log an entire season, 40-40 even seems doable.
Because the staff’s resident news-making machine, Chisholm wouldn’t let that achievement suffice. He instructed beat writers the Yankees are “the very best staff within the league,” which initially appeared like an empty boast, coming because it did within the midst of an particularly gentle a part of their schedule. However let’s be honest: Upon additional inspection, he simply could be proper.
