The New York Yankees are on the verge of being swept by the Tampa Bay Rays. On Sunday, Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a late-inning blunder that cost the Yankees the game, and when speaking with media after the game, Chisholm owned up to not quite understanding the double play rules.
Not the best look for Jazz, who is off to a slow start and in the midst of a contract year. New York has lost four straight games, and that ‘hot’ start they were off to in the first week is now meaningless.
So, what did Jazz say? And how bad was it really?
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. Confesses to Not Knowing the Double Play Rules
GettyJazz Chisholm Jr. #13 of the New York Yankees scores after Aaron Judge is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the second inning against the Miami Marlins during the home opener at Yankee Stadium on April 03, 2026 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Per Bryan Hoch, Jazz explained what happened on that final play, and the confusion surrounding it:
“I was really going to go try to tag the runner and just throw it to first. I don’t know what the rule is. If I went to first base first and threw it back to second, if it’s still an out. Is it still a double play? I don’t know. Does it count as not an RBI?”
Jazz’s teammate, Trent Grisham, then chimed in with the explanation that the runner would score before the tag is applied.
Chris Kirschner then circled back with Jazz on the play, and Chisholm had this to say:
“The only play at that point, you can’t get Chandler at home. The best thing I was going to do is try to swing at (Yandy) and hopefully he backed out of the line and they call him out of the baseline and throw it to first base and get that double play. That was the best chance we had. If I didn’t get the tag or the out of the baseline, it would’ve been the same result. I don’t know if he was close. I don’t know. You guys would have to tell me because I didn’t get to really look up. The ball was on the ground.”
It’s a tough look for Chisholm, undoubtedly, but Yankees fans will almost 100% try to scapegoat Jazz for the underlying issues with this current team.
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Yankees Desperately Need A Confidence Boost
It seems like the Yankees could really use a confidence boost after last week’s losing stretch.
Aaron Judge isn’t hitting at the clip the Yankees need him to, but surely that will even out.
It’s all in the margins, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. is one of those ‘margin’ players that the Yankees are counting on to produce.
Getting Gerrit Cole back will be a big boost to the starting rotation, and that could be the boost that New York needs.
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