Jazz Chisholm Jr. hitting seventh vs. Blue Jays

Chisholm capped off the scoring in the contest as he plated Luis García Jr. with an RBI triple off of Albert Suarez in the eighth inning. That would be his lone hit in the ballgame. While he has delivered quality fantasy production with 17 homers and 33 stolen bases on the season, he has done so while slashing an anemic .216/.296/.388 across 463 plate appearancs.

Chisholm’s steal was his 33rd of the year, tying him with Bobby Witt Jr. for third in MLB. He’s hitting just .216 with a .682 OPS, so it hasn’t been the free-agent walk year he or the Yankees hoped for. Still, the stolen bases to go along with 17 homers help in fantasy. He’s on pace to set a career high in steals, beating out the 40 he totaled two seasons ago.

No one is giving Jazz a five-year contract this winter, right? Chisholm was screened by the second base umpire on the double play ball, making it somewhat understandable that he failed to haul it in. However, he compounded the issue by expressing his displeasure instead of picking up the ball, which was only a couple of feet away from him, and perhaps still getting an out at first. After the 0-for, Chisholm is batting .214/.292/.384 on the season. He has 142 strikeouts and 87 hits.

Chisholm has really been struggling at the plate recently, hitting just .125/.222/.200 with one home run, three RBI and a 16/5 K/BB ratio in 45 plate appearances since the start of August, so getting a day off to clear his head instead of facing one of the toughest pitchers in the American League makes plenty of sense. Jose Caballero will start in his place at second base and bat ninth for the Bombers on Sunday.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. grabs a seat on the bench as well with veteran southpaw Chris Sale toeing the rubber for Atlanta in this one. García went deep in his Yankees debut earlier this week and has gone 4-for-17 with a pair of RBI in four contests since being acquired from the Nationals last weekend. He’s He’ll continue playing everyday against right-handed starters with Paul Goldschmidt seeing opportunities against lefties for the final two months. His left-handed swing feels perfectly suited for Yankee Stadium and he has a realistic shot at reaching the 30-homer plateau for the first time in his career.

Chisholm blistered a solo homer off Hunter Dobbins to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. The 28-year-old has his first homer of the month of August after hitting four of them in July, and he’s now up to 17 on the campaign.

Chisholm left Thursday’s game in the 11th inning with leg cramps and didn’t play Friday. He’s batting fifth against a lefty tonight.

Chisholm received some extra time off to rest and recover after being removed from the 11th inning of Thursday’s series finale against the White Sox with bilateral cramping. It doesn’t sound like a serious concern. The 28-year-old power/speed combo infielder should return to New York’s lineup at some point this weekend.

It looked as though the dynamic 28-year-old infielder had sustained some sort of injury, so it’s encouraging to hear that he was just battling cramping. He’s considered day-to-day and should be good to return on Friday.

Chisholm struggled to run to first base on a grounder in his previous at-bat and didn’t look right in the field afterwards. He was allowed to hit and was intentionally walked in the 11th, but one he reached, the Yankees replaced him. It’s probably just a day-to-day injury, but we’ll know more soon.