Jazz Chisholm injury update cements his walk year as an all-time Yankees nightmare

The nightmare season for Jazz Chisholm Jr. has continued to roll on, as he now begins an unfortunate 10-day trip to the IL with a sprained right thumb. For a New York Yankees team that just got their franchise player back, the injury puts a damper on their plan to finally piece together a nearly full-strength lineup again. And for a player hoping to cash in on an impressive walk year, Chisholm Jr. has once again ran into another frustrating road block. 

The dynamic second baseman injured his thumb on a slide into second during the New York Yankees 5-3 win over the Rockies on September 8. Chisholm Jr. laced a ball to right field that one-hopped off of the wall in the bottom of the eighth inning. Despite a nifty head-first slide, he was tagged out at second. On top of being gunned down trying to stretch his hit into a double, Chisholm Jr. also jammed his hand into the dirt. In a four-run game with one inning to go against the league-worst Rockies.

Chisholm Jr. appeared to have shaken off the effects of the slide when he took the field in the top of the ninth. However, after making an attempt on a ground ball to his right side, it was clear that he was still in a decent amount of pain. He was then removed from the game before undergoing testing. 

Whether or not Chisholm Jr. will be healthy enough to rejoin the team ahead of the playoffs is still to be determined. However, the Yankees will have options if he's unable to play. Some fans just might not like who those options are.

The injury to Jazz Chisholm Jr. opens the door for the return of another familiar nightmare for Yankees’ fans  

Chisholm's injury means the return of Anthony Volpe in pinstripes. 

“I feel like he’s in a really good spot,” Boone said of Volpe. “He’s been really productive down there and playing really well. He has taken well to the other positions. So we’ll see.”

About an hour after that quote went public, Volpe was scratched alongside Oswaldo Cabrera from the Triple-A lineup and word of his recall spread.

Regardless of who fills in at second base, it's hard not to feel bad for Chisholm Jr. and the struggles he's faced this season. Chisholm Jr. has basically lived through a real life anime plot all season. After setting lofty goals for himself at the beginning of the year, he struggled through the mother of all slumps for months. But as the weather warmed up, Chisholm Jr. essentially hinted that we hadn’t even seen his final form. And for the most part, he wasn’t lying. The second half of his season featured glimpses of the 50/50 season he had set his sights on. 

While he’s often drawn the ire of opposing fan bases, and the occasional broadcaster, Chisholm Jr. has been close to the ideal second baseman that the Yankees have dreamt about for years. Even when his bat goes cold, he provides the team with a stellar stolen base threat and a sure-handed glove in the field. Sure, he comes with his fair share of headaches, but the value is still there.       

Despite his struggles at the plate, he’s posted a 3.4 fWAR season, which still ranks him as one of the most valuable second basemen in the entire league. Will that net him the type of contract that he has been eyeing since the start of the year? Probably not. Did his nightmare season likely cost him millions? We’ll have to wait and see.  

Even with his disastrous walk year, Chisholm Jr. should still be looking at a decent payday in the offseason. But you can’t help but wonder about the type of contract he would have been able to land had he come close to that 50/50 season.   

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