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By Jackson Roberts
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New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. will be a free agent at the end of the season, and he's not exactly hiding his wishes for his next contract.
After arriving in the Bronx in a trade with the Miami Marlins in July 2024, Chisholm has flourished. He's hit 42 home runs and racked up 49 stolen bases in his 176 regular-season games as a Yankee, and after playing in the World Series during his first fall with the club, he wants to be part of the group that ends the Yankees' 16-year championship drought.
In an interview with Jon Heyman of the New York Post that was published on Wednesday, Chisholm made no bones about his desire to remain a Yankee after his rookie contract expires at the end of the coming season.
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“I love it here, I love it,” Chisholm told Heyman. “I can’t say I want to be anywhere else but here.”
The Yankees reportedly have not made Chisholm a long-term offer, which is understandable given the circumstances. They're well over the third competitive balance tax threshold, meaning they'd pay an additional 110% penalty on top of any dollars they added to their payroll, and the uncertainty surrounding a potential salary cap and/or the loss of games due to a lockout next season made extensions unpalatable.
“I don’t take any of that personally,” Chisholm told Heyman.
But entering his age-28 season, Chisholm also has set exceptionally high expectations for himself, like trying to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases and/or win the Most Valuable Player Award. He wouldn't necessarily have to do either of those to get the Yankees to open up their wallets, but he definitely can't afford much regression if he wants to stay.
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