Jazz Chisholm Jr. did not sugarcoat anything after the Yankees dropped two of three to the Dodgers. When a reporter asked how he would describe his 2026 season so far, he gave a two-word answer that told you everything.
“It sucked.”
Then he added: “I’ve sucked all season.”
He pointed to the box score when asked why. The numbers, as he put it, speak for themselves.
And they do. Chisholm is hitting .224 with 14 home runs, 38 RBIs and 49 runs. For a guy the Yankees traded for to add pop and energy, those are not the kind of numbers you want to see in late July.
But here is the thing about Sunday’s series finale. Chisholm went 1-for-4, but that one hit was a solo homer in the eighth inning that put the Yankees ahead for good. Evan Phillips closed it out in the ninth, so the Bombers at least avoided the sweep. Chisholm got a hit in every game of the series.
Still, he is clearly frustrated. The offense has been flat for long stretches, and he has not been able to string together consistent at-bats. Some of that might be the weight he is carrying while half the lineup is on the IL.
The Yankees are banged up right now. Giancarlo Stanton, Max Fried, Carlos Rodon, Aaron Judge and Clarke Schmidt are all out. That is a lot of firepower to be missing. Judge is still a few weeks away, so there is no quick fix coming.
Chisholm knows the team needs him to produce. He is one of the guys who has to pick up the slack, and he has not done it consistently. But maybe that eighth-inning homer is something to build on. The Yankees open a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates next, and Chisholm said he will try to keep the momentum going.
One game does not fix a season that he already called a disaster. But it is a start. For a team held together by duct tape and hope right now, that might have to be enough.
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