Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. to participate in Home Run Derby
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NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s annual pop show is going to feature some jazz this year.
Already an American League All-Star, Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. will participate in the Home Run Derby this coming Monday. The league made the announcement on Thursday following a few days of Chisholm publicly expressing interest in the exhibition at Truist Park.
“I think I’d have some fun doing it,” Chisholm said earlier this week. “I’d probably do it. They gotta ask me, though.”
Chisholm’s addition to the derby followed a two-homer night in Wednesday’s win over the Mariners. He entered Thursday’s contest with 17 home runs over 61 games and 255 plate appearances.
Seattle’s Cal Raleigh — the majors’ home run leader — Minnesota’s Byron Buxton, Washington’s James Wood, Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr., Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz, Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero and Sacramento’s Brent Rooker all agreed to participate in the derby before Chisholm was announced.
Even before being invited, Chisholm said he knows who he wants to pitch to him in the derby. That would be Geron Sands, his stepdad and longtime mentor.
“He’s been coaching me from when I was a baby, so we’ve talked about it,” Chisholm said. “Like, ‘Yeah, you’re gonna be my Home Run Derby thrower when I get to the league.’ ”
Chisholm, reflecting on those memories, then added, “I used to hit bombs as a kid, bro.”
Now he’ll get a chance to do so in Atlanta, though he’ll want to be careful after suffering an oblique strain earlier this season and battling a sore shoulder more recently.
Chisholm, the Yankees’ hottest hitter over the last month or so, has said that the shoulder bothers him more in the field than at the plate.
Chisholm has a chance to be the fifth Yankees player to win the Home Run Derby. Past pinstriped victors include Tino Martinez, Jason Giambi, Robinson Canó and Aaron Judge.
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