{"id":54008,"date":"2025-06-07T09:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54008"},"modified":"2025-06-07T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:06:33","slug":"why-yankees-jazz-chisholm-is-playing-at-70-after-injury-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54008","title":{"rendered":"Why Yankees\u2019 Jazz Chisholm is playing at 70% after injury return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jazz Chisholm, who’s been great ever since his return from injury, is not looking to mess with what’s working for him and the Yankees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Friday night, the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0came out of the gates hot in the first game of their three-game weekend set against the Boston Red Sox and weathered an early-game injury problem that forced Anthony Volpe exit. They took a 9-6 victory after scoring five runs in the first inning without looking back, and in that victory,\u00a0Jazz Chisholm continued to swing the bat\u00a0as well as anyone in the league, going 3-5 with a three-run home run and a run-scoring single, giving him a total of 4 RBIs on the night.<\/p>\n
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Since returning from a stint on the injured list that sidelined him for over a month, Chisholm has been a different animal on the plate, which is quite a turnaround from his poor start to the season. In 16 at-bats since his return (four games), the Yankees third baseman has tallied eight hits, two home runs, and six RBIs \u2014 giving New York another incredible weapon at the plate as if they were in dire need of one.<\/p>\n

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And the secret, it appears, to Chisholm’s improved hitting is letting the\u00a0game come to him\u00a0even if he’s not going full-tilt.<\/p>\n

\u201c70 percent. Just go at 70 percent. That’s what’s been working. I don’t know, it works! I don’t know what to tell you! Playing at 70 percent, defense, offense, running, everything. Stay healthy. You don’t swing and miss as much. You can say that [I’m working smarter, not harder.] At 70 percent, I’m one of the best out there. At 100 percent, I might be dogcrap. I was hitting .171 at 100 percent, so we’re going to take 70 percent,\u201d Chisholm told reporters following their win on Friday, via Yankees Videos on SNY.<\/p>\n

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