
MIAMI — It’s almost an everyday occurrence for the New York Yankees.
Their latest inexcusable play happened with one out in the second inning of Saturday’s game against the Miami Marlins when Paul Goldschmidt hit a routine pop fly to second baseman Xavier Edwards. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was on first base after drawing a walk. After Edwards caught the popup, he caught Chisholm too far off the bag, throwing to first base for a double play to end the inning.
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Chisholm remained in the game, but when he got back to the dugout, the Yankees’ second baseman and manager Aaron Boone were seen walking down into the clubhouse together. Boone sometimes does this to avoid television cameras picking up conversations between him and his players. Minutes later, Boone was spotted appearing to scold first-base coach Travis Chapman for Chisholm getting thrown out.
Jazz Chisholm gets caught sleeping on a pop up to second and the Marlins turn the double play pic.twitter.com/5SaB49tSof
— Talkin’ Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 2, 2025
Chisholm’s mistake wasn’t the only blunder the Yankees made on the basepaths. In the first inning, third-base coach Luis Rojas surprisingly waved the slow-footed Trent Grisham home on a 110.7 mph Giancarlo Stanton single to Marlins left fielder Kyle Stowers. The play at the plate was not close, and Grisham was thrown out standing up to end the inning.
On Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays in the ninth inning, Yankees catcher Austin Wells was thrown out on the bases after forgetting how many outs there were. Boone said that mistake “can’t happen,” while Wells called himself an “idiot” for the base-running gaffe. In Friday’s game against the Marlins, the Yankees did not have any base-running blunders, but new addition José Caballero missed a groundball hit to him in right field, which ultimately led to Miami’s walk-off win after New York blew leads of 6-0 and 9-4.
The Yankees have struggled this season with fundamentals, despite general manager Brian Cashman stating that cleaning up the sloppiness was a primary objective for his front office. Chisholm getting thrown out on the bases might be the most egregious of the team’s mental mistakes this season.
This story will be updated.
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