Jazz Chisholm's heroics in Yankees' win barely alleviate trade deadline day pain

New York Yankees fans have to admit that the early returns of the Jazz Chisholm trade with the Miami Marlins are more than anybody could've asked for. The team needed a spark, and they are undefeated since news broke that Chisholm was coming to the Bronx.

Though he didn't do much in the series against the Red Sox, his "arrival" on Saturday (we'd like to think) sparked the Yankees' epic comeback. Then, his official arrival on Sunday saw him log his first hit as a Yankee, steal third base on a heads-up hustle play, and score a crucial insurance run.

Then he really got things going against a former rival of his in the Philadelphia Phillies. On Monday, he clobbered two home runs and helped propel the Yanks to a 14-3 win. He drove in three runs and also logged a walk.

He somehow out-did himself on Tuesday. Chisholm went 3-for-6 with two homers again and drove in five runs in a tight 7-6 win. He hit what would have been the game-winning three-run homer off Matt Strahm had the Yankees not gotten themselves into unnecessary trouble.

The Yankees have now won two straight series after winning just one from June 14 - July 24. Absolutely unbelievable.

Jazz Chisholm's heroics in Yankees' win alleviate trade deadline day pain

Jazz's offense didn't tell the whole story, though. Remember when he was acquired and it was believed Gleyber Torres would be displaced to pave the way for Jazz to play both second base and center field? Well, all it took was one game for the Yankees to let an undeserving player overrule that.

Torres expressed no interest moving off second base, which, after Jazz's debut in center field on Sunday night, saw the newcomer immediately start at third base on Monday and Tuesday. He was impressive on Monday because, well, jumping into that role with your new team on the second day of action is a tall task.

But to make multiple web gems on Tuesday? And to save a run in what ended up being a one-run victory for the Bombers? That's what the folks in the Bronx love to see. Chisholm is already a hero.

Though Clay Holmes did his usual best to ruin the fun by blowing it in the ninth, the Yankees won in extras. It took some shine off what Jazz accomplished, but he definitely helped divert attentionfrom Brian Cashman's underwhelming trade deadline day that only saw pitchers Mark Leiter Jr. (who saved the Yanks in the 10th) and Enyel De Los Santos come to New York. Or did it? One of the Yankees' biggest problems over the last couple months — the bullpen — made this win so unenjoyable. Holmes blowing it, followed by a high from Leiter's performance, capped by Michael Tonkin's shaky 11th and then, because the Yankees had no other choice, an effective 12th. In the end, they held off the Phillies, but it wasn't fun. It rarely is.

From a fan's perspective, the roster needed much more than that at the trade deadline, but for now, Cashman's Jazz Chisholm acquisition on Saturday might stand to be the short-term difference maker. We'll be waiting for all the returning injured relievers to state otherwise and fulfill whatever grander picture the Yankees are envisioning.