Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Saturday that New York does not plan to extend a qualifying offer to Jazz Chisholm Jr., a step that makes his free‑agent departure this winter the expected outcome.
- Chisholm has fallen well short of last year’s All‑Star, 30‑30 season and is hitting .216 with a .295 on‑base percentage, 17 home runs, 31 steals and 139 strikeouts in 113 games this year.
- Skipping the qualifying offer would remove the Yankees’ draft‑pick protection and the easiest contractual route for a one‑year return, while freeing payroll and roster spots for other moves.
- Insiders argue Chisholm’s best market path may be a short, one‑year ‘pillow’ deal to rebuild value rather than a high‑priced long‑term contract, a route compared to Gleyber Torres’s recent market reset.
- If Chisholm leaves the Yankees must weigh limited internal options like Anthony Volpe at second base and constrained external targets such as Luis Arraez or Bo Bichette, a choice that will shape the club’s offseason construction and playing roles.