CLEVELAND — Jazz Chisholm Jr. has given up his physique to make some glowing performs on protection this season.
On Monday evening, he bailed on a comfortable liner hit to second base as a result of there was one thing extra regarding flying his approach out of the nook of his eye: a damaged bat.
The play was an RBI single for Brayan Rocchio within the Yankees’ 6-4 loss to the Guardians at Progressive Discipline, however Chisholm was not second-guessing himself.
“That’s a tough one,” he stated.
“I want to make every play out there for my guy, but at the same time, you don’t want to die. You got a sharp object coming your way. I’ve seen guys get stabbed with broken bats in person, so I know how bad the injury can be. The toughest thing to do as a baseball player right now is to stay on the field. So at the same time, we got to protect ourselves when we’re playing out there, especially when stuff like that is happening.”
Chisholm is talking from expertise, having been hit within the calf by a damaged bat when he was enjoying shortstop at Excessive-A.
He additionally stated he has seen it occur to different fielders when he was with the Marlins.
The same play occurred this weekend in Tampa, when Aaron Decide hit a broken-bat grounder to 3rd base and the Rays’ Junior Caminero didn’t subject it as a result of the shard of wooden was flying his approach.
“That’s why I’m a little bit more cautious about going after balls when the bat’s in the same lane,” stated Chisholm, who later crushed a two-run homer, his seventh of the season.
The telephone name didn’t finish with Aaron Decide getting credited with an eighth residence run.
However aside from that, Aaron Boone appeared to understand his telephone name with Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vp of on-field operations, on Monday to specific his frustration with umpires (and a subsequent crew chief evaluate) calling Decide’s deep fly ball Sunday at Steinbrenner Discipline a foul as an alternative of what the Yankees supervisor believed to be a good residence run.
“[Hill] just said, ‘Hey, it was a tough call,’ ” Boone stated at Progressive Discipline earlier than opening a sequence in opposition to the Guardians. “Obviously being not in a major league park without the third deck complicates it and all that. Just said it was a tough call, which obviously it was I guess.”
Boone had been incredulous on Sunday that the decision on the sector was not overturned, saying, “The audacity of the call standing is remarkable.”
in opposition to the Guardians on April 21. AP
However after reviewing all related angles, the replay official couldn’t definitively decide that the ball left the enjoying subject in truthful territory.
And it was not for an absence of cameras due to the Rays enjoying on the Yankees spring coaching residence, as a supply stated the array of cameras on the stadium, together with these with high-frame charges, was equal to different venues.
Decide pointed to the shorter foul poles as not serving to the umpires make the right dedication of truthful or foul on the sector, although it was not instantly clear whether or not that challenge may be addressed at Steinbrenner Discipline.
Within the interim, Boone credited Hill for listening to him out — as he usually has through the years at any time when the Yankees supervisor has had points with umpires.
“I will say, Mike is tremendous,” Boone stated. “I try to be respectful, even when I’m getting a little heated. But he’s really good at giving you the forum and the floor to speak and talk. He gives thoughts back to you. He’s usually very accountable as far as, ‘Hey, we should have done better there,’ or, ‘No, I think you’re wrong.’ ”
The Yankees have been initially considering Marcus Stroman might get ramped again up pretty shortly to return from the injured listing earlier than lengthy.
However 10 days after his final begin, Stroman continues to be experiencing some points along with his left knee and doesn’t sound notably near coming again.
“He’s still feeling some things in there, so he hasn’t — he threw, but it’s still kind of clearing the path for him,” Boone stated. “Because he was still feeling some things in there.”
Stroman’s placement on the 15-day injured listing with knee irritation coincided with Clarke Schmidt’s return from the IL, so the Yankees didn’t have to fill a gap within the rotation.
However their depth past their present 5 starters is shaky — and that’s with Carlos Carrasco nonetheless making an attempt to show he has sufficient left within the tank to at the least get the Yankees to June, which is the earliest Luis Gil might return from his high-grade lat pressure.
The 33-year-old Stroman, who’s making $18.5 million this season, has an $18 million vesting choice for 2026 that triggers if he pitches 140 innings this season — which might turn out to be extra unlikely the longer he stays on the IL.
“I know there’s probably some nerve stuff in there that was irritating it a little bit,” Boone stated. “We’ll continue to work to try to get him physically where he needs to be and then hopefully start building him back up.”
Ben Rice (elbow contusion) was out of the lineup for a second straight sport, however he took batting observe on the sector after which pinch-hit within the ninth inning, grounding out in opposition to Cade Smith. Boone stated he expects to have Rice again within the lineup on Tuesday.
“He had a good day,” Boone stated. however he took batting observe within the cage early Monday afternoon after which hit extra on the sector pregame, which was an encouraging signal. He was anticipated to be out there off the bench and will return to the lineup earlier than this sequence is over.
The red-hot Trent Grisham was positioned on the paternity listing Monday, with infielder Jorbit Vivas referred to as up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take his roster spot till he returns (which could possibly be as late as Friday).
With Grisham gone and Rice nonetheless out, Decide obtained a second straight day at DH whereas Pablo Reyes drew the beginning in proper subject.
DJ LeMahieu (calf pressure) will start a rehab task on Tuesday with Double-A Somerset. … Jonathan Loáisiga (elbow surgical procedure) is scheduled to throw another dwell batting observe session on Wednesday earlier than starting a rehab task on Saturday with Single-A Tampa. … Giancarlo Stanton (tennis elbows) has began operating, Boone stated, however continues to be simply hitting off the Trajekt pitching machine.
