defeated the Cardinals, 12-8<\/a>, was swinging the bat like one of the best Yankees hitters, which eventually punched his ticket to the All-Star Game and even the Home Run Derby.<\/p>\nJazz Chisholm Jr. homers during the Yankees\u2019 win against the Cardinals on Aug. 15, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Then he started the second half like he performed in the Derby \u2014 that is to say, quietly, after he hit just three homers in the event, 12 fewer than the next closest hitter. <\/p>\n
Chisholm had pledged that he would not get injured in the Derby by overswinging because he was sticking to his \u201c70 percent\u201d approach, but might his swing have gotten out of whack in the process?<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, because I feel like \u2026 in the [All-Star] game I hit line drives, came back to the series after the Home Run Derby, I did hit a couple high fly balls I thought were going to get out,\u201d Chisholm said. \u201cI feel like I was under some baseballs, hitting them too high but hitting them hard. Feel like I\u2019m finally getting into a groove where I\u2019m staying above the ball, staying on top of it and driving through it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jazz Chisholm Jr. reacts after hitting a home run during the Yankees\u2019 Aug. 15 win over the Cardinals. Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Instead, Chisholm chalked it up to losing his timing over the four-day break<\/p>\n
In Chisholm\u2019s first 20 games out of the break, he hit just .197 (15-for-76) with a .568 OPS, two home runs, four walks, 25 strikeouts and four steals. <\/p>\n
Aaron Boone gave Chisholm a breather the following game, with lefty Framber Valdez on the mound, which seems to have paid dividends.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In five games since, entering Saturday, Chisholm hit .294 (5-for-17) with a 1.193 OPS, two home runs, one triple, four walks, six strikeouts and four steals.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took longer than I expected, honestly, but I feel good now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Jazz Chisholm Jr. reacts after hitting a triple during the Yankees\u2019 Aug. 12 game. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post<\/p>\n
The Yankees need that to continue in the coming days and weeks as they fight for their playoff lives.<\/p>\n
Chisholm\u2019s talent remains tantalizing, as he can impact the game with his power and legs, though he can sometimes get in his own way of doing that consistently.<\/p>\n
\u201cKind of had a week, 10-day, whatever lull there where he was scuffling a little bit,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cFeel like he\u2019s starting to gain some traction again. He was in such a good place there for about a month, really consistent at-bats. More of that [Friday]. His at-bats were really good. Smokes the homer, but lines out his last time up, controlling the zone well. You know how he can impact the game when he\u2019s locked in up there. Looks like he\u2019s starting to get back to where he was a few weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jazz Chisholm Jr. singles during the Yankees\u2019 Aug. 12 game. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
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Chisholm is on the verge of his second career 20-20 season, even after missing a month with an oblique strain and with more than a month left to play. <\/p>\n
He entered Saturday with 21 home runs and 18 steals, which put him in a select class with Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor, Julio Rodr\u00edguez and Randy Arozarena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LOUIS \u2014 Home Run Derby curse or not, Jazz Chisholm Jr. believes he is back. A month…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":152634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,9138,1266,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-152633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-jazz-chisholm","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-yankees","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115043071810040994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}