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03-08-2025
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‘It's not fine': Yankees must stop beating themselves with mind-boggling mistakes
MIAMI – Twice on Saturday evening, Aaron Boone implored 'don't get it twisted'' about his take on the Yankees' latest baserunning mess. 'Don't think, 'Oh yeah, it's fine.' It's not fine,'' the manager said after a terrible, 2-0 loss to the Marlins. 'It's not fine. But (stuff) happens sometimes.'' Stuff like this - or maybe not exactly like Jazz Chisholm Jr. brutally getting doubled up on a simple pop fly Saturday – has happened all too frequently in recent Yankee memory. And when they're not overcoming those mistakes with more home runs (or not protecting leads, thanks to a leaky bullpen), the not-very-buttoned-up part of the Yanks game gets exposed a little more. Since June 13, the Yankees are 18-26, having watched a four-game AL East lead dissolve into a 4.5 game deficit, currently in third place and clinging to the second Wild Card spot. Even their previous captain took issue with the Yankees' play on Fox Sports. "They make way too many mistakes,'' said Derek Jeter. "You have to clean it up, it's that simple. There's no excuses. If you don't play better, you're not going to go very far.'' Aaron Boone does not bench Jazz Chisholm Jr. At this critical time, an agitated Boone is seen in an animated, one-sided dugout discussion with his first base coach about communication. Boone spoke to Chisholm but didn't bench him, satisfied with his explanation that Marlins' second baseman Xavier Edwards might drop Paul Goldschmidt's pop up, trying to force out the speedy Chisholm at second base. 'I have no issue with the initial pressure (on Edwards),'' said Boone. 'But you've got to know exactly where you are to be able to get yourself back safely.'' Any way you slice it, this was a terrible play (and one Chisholm said he'd do again). And it came on the heels of the Yankees' worst loss of the year, blowing leads of 6-0, 9-4, and 12-10, against the Marlins. A reminder of when Austin Wells lost track of outs A few days before, Austin Wells – representing the winning run – forgot how many outs there were, and became the final out in the ninth inning (the Yanks won it in the 11th). Sunday marks the first anniversary of Boone pulling Gleyber Torres from a game (after a one-inning pause) for jogging to first base on a ball Torres thought was a homer. This was another in a series of Gleyber moments that led to an extremely rare in-game Boone discipline. When should a player get benched? Speaking generally on his ground rules for benching, Boone said it's about effort. 'And that could be a guy I feel like is not hooked up in the proper way from a focus standpoint, or if something has happened repeatedly.'' There was a moment Saturday when Boone said 'we absolutely have the people'' to play well and go on a long winning stretch, 'but talk is cheap.'' Talk isn't always cheap from the manager, and we're thinking about the time in 2005, when Joe Torre's slow burn reached a boiling point, telling a playoff team going through a lethargic stretch that he was through defending them publicly. There was an embarrassment-factor there, and Torre told his club so. They were better than this. Show it. 'I think we have a really good team. We haven't realized our potential yet,'' Boone said Saturday. 'We've got to get there. 'We've got a couple months to do it, we better hurry.'' This article originally appeared on Yankees' biggest challenge is overcoming errors and baserunning mistakes
Fox News
03-08-2025
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- Fox News
Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr commits egregious baserunning blunder, faces social media backlash
New York Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. took heat on social media on Saturday over a head-scratching baserunning blunder against his former team, the Miami Marlins. Chisholm was on first base in the top of the second inning with Paul Goldschmidt up at bat. The Yankees' batter popped up to Marlins' second baseman Xavier Edwards. Chisholm was too far off first base and got caught napping. Edwards then threw the ball to first for the inning-ending double play. Chisholm was criticized by the Yankees' announcers during the broadcast as well as fans on social media for the brain fart. Yankees manager Aaron Boone also received some backlash on social media. "What was Chisholm thinking?" Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay asked. Color commentator Paul O'Neill was left in shock, saying, "What is going on?" Boone and first base coach Travis Chapman also had an animated conversation in the dugout. Chishlom said afterward he wouldn't have changed anything, adding that he was trying to be aggressive on the basepaths by forcing Edwards to possibly make an error. "I was just trying to be aggressive, already playing with both the middle infielders out there," he said, via The Athletic. "I saw something that I thought they were going to do. He deked it like he was going to do it. He didn't do it. Still trying to be aggressive because I played here before. I know how the field plays. Sometimes you get aggressive and you get caught up and you make an out." Boone said he didn't think about taking Chisholm out of the game. New York lost the game, 2-0. The Yankees only mustered up two hits on Miami. Chisholm was 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
Yahoo
03-08-2025
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Jazz Chisholm's ugly blunder hangs over Yankees' listless loss to Marlins
MIAMI — The Yankees have a new candidate for the most unforgivable baserunning mistake of the season. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was doubled off first base on a high pop out to second base in the top of the second inning Saturday afternoon, wandering too far off the bag because he was guarding against Marlins second baseman Xavier Edwards dropping it on purpose and throwing Chisholm out at second. Manager Aaron Boone said Chisholm 'can't get caught there,' but Chisholm insisted he would not do it differently next time, with the brutal gaffe looming over the 2-0 loss to the Marlins. 'I was just trying to be aggressive, already playing with both the middle infielders out there,' said Chisholm, the former Marlin. 'I saw something that I thought they were going to do. [Edwards] deked it like he was going to [drop it purposely], he didn't do it. Still trying to be aggressive because I played here before, I know how the field plays. Sometimes you get aggressive and you get caught up and you make an out.' During this skid that has now gone on seven weeks — with the Yankees (60-51) going 18-26, which on Saturday dropped them into third place in the AL East, 4 ¹/₂ games behind the Blue Jays and a half-game behind the Red Sox — there have been too many times when a lack of fundamentals has come back to cost them. Of course, it haunted them in the World Series last October, but Saturday's example may have risen to the top of this season's list. As has been the case most times when these things have popped up, Boone did not pull Chisholm from the game because, the manager said, it was not a case of him 'dogging it.' The two had a conversation down in the tunnel when Chisholm got back to the dugout after the next half-inning, with Boone searching for an explanation of what happened, but the second baseman remained in the game. 'It's a guy trying to make a play,' Boone said. 'I get it looks bad and it's a bad play. But it's not a case of a guy that's dogging it. … Just because it's going bad right now and the world's on fire, I'm not just going to take guys out for giving a crap.' At one point, Boone did appear to be ticked off at and express his frustrations with first base coach Travis Chapman in plain view of cameras, though Boone downplayed it after the game. 'The only thing I was saying was, 'Could we have yelled louder once he got into the danger zone?'' Boone said. 'If you feel that danger zone, being real adamant. That's all.' Edwards said he knew Chisholm could tell he was thinking about dropping it — while standing '20-25 feet off the base, if not more,' Edwards said — because the Marlins would prefer Goldschmidt over Chisholm on first base. 'I tried to catch it as late as possible to give myself a chance to catch and throw and catch him sleeping a little,' Edwards said. But Chisholm was adamant that if Edwards had dropped the ball, he would have made it to second safely. 'Easily,' he said. 'I was playing the drop. It would have bounced too high and by the time it came down, I would have gotten there, so it would have been fine.' The Yankees, who mustered just two hits off Eury Pérez and the Marlins bullpen and had their final 14 batters retired in order, had made another out on the bases to end the top of the first. But that one was on a questionable send by third base coach Luis Rojas, waving Trent Grisham around on Giancarlo Stanton's line-drive single to left field, only to be thrown out easily at the plate. But Chisholm's gaffe was the latest in a line of too many by the Yankees this season — the most recent prior one being Austin Wells getting tagged out in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday after thinking there were three outs. 'You're going to make some mistakes on the bases,' Boone said. 'I would argue with you that we're not making — in compared to the league — a number of outs advancing or outs on the bases. I don't think that's true. 'But when you are the New York Yankees and you're losing and you make a mistake, look what just happened. I can show you around the league, it happening all the time. It doesn't make it OK. We want to be as clean and as perfect as we can be, without question. Don't get it twisted. Don't think, 'Oh yeah, it's fine.' It's not fine. But s- -t happens sometimes too. Really good teams that are buttoned up make a mistake trying to advance or run into an out or kick a ball. We have to be better. 'We haven't realized our potential yet. We got to get there. We got a couple months to do it and we better hurry.'
Yahoo
03-08-2025
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Jazz Chisholm commits inexcusable Yankees baserunning blunder
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free MIAMI — The Yankees have a new candidate for the most unforgivable baserunning play of the season. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was doubled off at first base on a high popout to second base in the top of the second inning Saturday afternoon, inexplicably dancing off the base before trying to dive back too late. Chisholm remained out on the field after the blunder because it was the third out of the inning, but then, when he returned to the dugout after the bottom of the second, manager Aaron Boone pulled him underneath for what looked like a conversation. But it did not result in Boone pulling Chisholm from the game — he has rarely done so during his tenure as manager — as the second baseman was back on the field for the bottom of the third. Boone was also seen expressing his frustrations with first base coach Travis Chapman in the dugout, likely for not making an over-concerted effort to get Chisholm back to the bag. Chisholm's mental gaffe was just the latest in a line of many by the Yankees this season. The last one was Austin Wells getting tagged out in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday after thinking there were three outs.
Yahoo
31-07-2025
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Yankees survive extra innings after 'unforgivable' gaffe by C Austin Wells
The New York Yankees won on Wednesday, and it was not because of Austin Wells' baserunning. The team went into extras against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday after a gaffe by the young catcher gifted the Rays the final out of the ninth inning. With the game tied 3-3, Wells hit a one-out single to put the winning run on base. The next batter, Trent Grisham, either tried to sacrifice Wells into scoring position or catch the Tampa Bay defense napping. The result was Grisham getting thrown out at first... and then Wells getting caught in a rundown between first and second. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] Replay showed Wells actually reached second, but clearly thought the inning was over when Grisham was called out. He began walking back to the Yankees dugout on the first-base line, with the surprised Rays easily tagging him out. Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay called the mistake "unforgivable." "What do you say? It can't happen," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after the game. It's been a slow season overall for Wells, who finished in third place in AL Rookie of the Year voting last season but is now hitting .212/.272/.427 with 15 homers in 87 games. After a mortifying end to the 2024 World Series, the Yankees have built up a reputation for errors on defense and the basepaths. That's how the Los Angeles Dodgers described them and it's now how many of their own fans see them (even if advanced stats point to them actually being decent on defense this season). Aside from the Wells mistake, the Yankees committed two more errors on defense Wednesday, one of them being shortstop Anthony Volpe's MLB-worst 16th error of the season. Volpe at least made up for it with a game-tying homer in the ninth inning, right before Wells came to bat. Fortunately for the Yankees, all of those mistakes became moot when recent trade acquisition Ryan McMahon walked the Rays off in the 11th inning. The win improves the Yankees' record to 59-49, putting them four games back from the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays.
