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Chisholm Jr.

Chisholm smacked a two-run single off of Lance McCullers Jr. in the opening inning that increased the Bombers’ early edge to 3-0. He then led off the fourth inning with a 393-foot solo shot that made it 5-1. Chisholm then drew a walk in the sixth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly. He also added an RBI single during the Yankees’ four-run rally in the seventh inning before scoring on a double play ball. After being held without a home run in his first 23 games, Chisholm has now gone deep in two consecutive games and has upped his season slash to .213/.300/.337 to go with with the aforementioned two long balls, eight RBI and eight stolen bases.

Chisholm was the only player on the Yankees who was able to do anything against Red Sox’ southpaw Payton Tolle, crushing a 333-foot (98.0 mph EV) solo shot to get the Yankees on the board and even the score at a run apiece in the fifth inning. The dynamic 28-year-old also singled in the seventh inning and scored on Cody Bellinger’s go-ahead two-run single. He’s still off to a rough start overall this season, slashing .188/.274/.282 with one long ball, four RBI and eight stolen bases.

After going hitless against Ranger Suarez, Chisholm is just 2-for-24 with no extra-base hits and nine strikeouts versus lefties this season. He’ll surely bounce back, but with the way he’s looked so far, he might deserve to lose some starts against southpaws after Anthony Volpe returns and José Caballero turns into a utilityman.

Reid Detmers doesn’t have extreme splits,, but the Yankees are giving several left-handed hitters the night off against Detmers on Tuesday. Chisholm, Cody Bellinger and Ben Rice will all sit and Paul Goldschmidt, Randal Grichuk and Amed Rosario will get a chance to play.

It’s just a routine day off for both, but it does come against a left-handed pitcher, so it makes sense for Aaron Boone to choose today as a rest. It’s a little shocking that Jazz has a day off, but struggling Ryan McMahon will be in the lineup against a lefty. Amed Rosario will play second base, and Randal Grichuk will play left field with Cody Bellinger in center.

Rice steps into the heart of New York’s loaded lineup behind Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger following last year’s 26-homer breakthrough campaign. The 27-year-old slugger’s realistic 30-homer ceiling makes him an upper-echelon fantasy catcher heading into the regular season. Here’s the full lineup set to face Giants ace Logan Webb at Oracle Park in primetime: Trent Grisham (CF), Judge (RF), Bellinger (LF), Rice (1B), Giancarlo Stanton (DH), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2B), José Caballero (SS), Ryan McMahon (3B) and Austin Wells (C).

The game was scoreless until the fifth, when Brazil took a 1-0 lead. Great Britain, though, got a two-run homer from Ian Lewis Jr. in the bottom of the inning and just kept going from there. Great Britain finishes the WBC 1-3, while Brazil was winless in four games. Chisholm, who went 4-for-18 with no extra-base hits and six strikeouts, could be back with the Yankees as soon as Tuesday.

Chisholm’s big fly came against journeyman reliever Eli Villalobos in the eighth inning of this one. The most prominent name on Great Britain’s roster by a considerable margin, the 28-year-old speedster will lead them into their World Baseball Classic opener on Friday against Mexico.

Chisholm is 4-for-8 with three walks in four games, leaving him with a nice 1.511 OPS. His homer today was a 358-footer off of Carlos Carrasco.

Chisholm, who made $5.85 million last year, is entering his final year of arbitration. There’s been some talk of the Yankees perhaps signing Bo Bichette and trading Chisholm, but even if they do add Bichette, there could be room for both. Chisholm hit .242/.332/.481 with a career-high 31 homers and 31 steals last year. Durability is a concern, but he’s very obviously a top fantasy second baseman.