Overview
- This week’s reports show Chisholm has produced roughly a .216 batting average and about a .690 OPS through 109 games while striking out near 31 percent of his plate appearances.
- Manager Aaron Boone said Chisholm has been “struggling to really get dialed in,” reflecting ongoing concerns about consistency at the plate.
- Prominent columnists and insiders, including Joel Sherman, have argued Chisholm no longer deserves an automatic everyday spot and urged the team to consider benching him if performance does not improve.
- The Yankees are receiving incremental injury news — Carlos Rodón threw 48 pitches in a rehab start and is expected to make another outing, Cody Bellinger is running and hitting and appears ahead of schedule, and Giancarlo Stanton has resumed running — but those returns have not yet relieved the lineup’s urgent production shortfall.
- The slump raises tangible stakes: Chisholm is a pending free agent and his downturn could cut his market value, while the club, six games behind the Rays in the AL East, must weigh using internal options or lineup changes before injured stars return.