Latest On Jazz Chisholm’s Market

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is one of the bigger upside plays in the free agent position player class. He’s coming off a pedestrian .231/.312/.399 slash line but is a year removed from a 30-30 season. Chisholm is one of the top up-the-middle players available, relatively young at age 29, and hits the market unencumbered by the qualifying offer. While the Yankees used Chisholm as a full-time second baseman in 2026, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet writes that he’s signaled a willingness to play a multi-positional role next year. Chisholm has played more than 3300 career innings at the keystone. He started 73 games at third base for the Yankees from 2024-25. The Marlins gave him 186 starts in center field between 2023-24. Chisholm also had a bit of early-career experience as a shortstop, though he hasn’t played there in five years. The two-time All-Star said in 2025 that he felt more comfortable playing on the infield (link via Ronald Blum of The Associated Press). Davidi writes that Chisholm is willing play the outfield with his next team, though, and his plus speed should allow him to cover a decent amount of ground. Defensive metrics were split on Chisholm’s earlier outfield work. Defensive Runs Saved panned his center field play (-13 DRS), but Statcast was more favorable on both his reads and overall range (+5 Outs Above Average). Statcast has also been more bullish on Chisholm’s second base performance over the last couple seasons. Jon Morosi of The MLB Network reported this afternoon that Chisholm’s representatives at Roc Nation Sports have spoken with more than a third of the league. They’ve scheduled some in-person meetings for next week. Davidi reported that the Jays had shown interest. Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote on Wednesday that the Padres had also at least discussed Chisholm internally. The extent of San Diego’s interest isn’t clear. They’ve bounced Fernando Tatis Jr. between second base and right field, giving them some flexibility to explore either position. Jake Cronenworth is signed for another four years and coming off a replacement level season. They’d have a difficult time finding a trade partner but could move Cronenworth into a part-time first base role if Ty France walks and they acquire a second baseman. San Diego wouldn’t have any center field or third base playing time to offer barring injury, but left field is fairly open as well. View Comments (0)