Aaron Boone has specific vision for Jazz Chisholms Yankees position this season

TAMPA — Aaron Boone does not want Jazz to be on shuffle this season Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees from spring training The Yankees manager is planning on shifting Jazz Chisholm Jr.back to second base this year, and though he left the door open for him to return to third base after learning it on the fly last year, Boone wants him to have a permanent home once the season begins.“I don’t want to get into bouncing him back and forth,” Boone said Tuesday after a workout at Steinbrenner Field.

“But once we settle on what we’re doing [with the roster], then I’ll make that final call.But I just felt like him going to second, keeping the [Oswaldo] Cabrera, DJ [LeMahieu], [Oswald] Peraza, [Jorbit] Vivas, whoever else you want to throw in that mix, I felt like made more sense hashing it out at third.”Chisholm is a natural shortstop who played mostly second base in 2021 and 2022 before shifting to center field in 2023 and the first half of 2024.

He moved to third base last summer after the Yankees acquired him from the Marlins.He made the transition look mostly seamless and graded out well there metrically — recording eight outs above average.And though Boone believes Chisholm can “be elite at either position,” he thinks he has “a chance to be really dynamic in the middle with Anthony [Volpe].”That said, Boone left himself some wiggle room as the situation could change — for example, if no one emerges for the third base job and the best infielder the Yankees can acquire later in camp is a second baseman.“Right now, I have him locked in at second, but that can always change,” Boone said.Gerrit Cole threw the equivalent of two innings in a live batting practice session Tuesday, building his pitch count up to 35 while facing a group that included shortstop prospects George Lombard Jr.

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