HERE COMES JAZZ!

Wait... what?! Jazz Chisholm Jr. is back already? No, seriously—tonight! Against the Cleveland Guardians. Aaron Boone just casually dropped that little nugget like it was no big deal. Jazz is coming off the 10-day IL and going straight into the starting lineup.

Didn’t it feel like he was going to be out forever? Oblique strains usually scream “see you in September” in Yankees language. But here we are, June baseball, and Jazz is suiting up. Miracles happen. We checked.

Jazz has been out since April 30, and yeah, his numbers weren’t eye-popping before the injury—a .181 average in 30 games—but hang on. He still managed seven home runs, ten extra-base hits, and a .714 OPS while playing solid defense at second base. That’s not nothing. And it’s not just about the numbers anyway—Jazz plays the game with his hair on fire. High energy. High wattage. He’s fun. He’s chaos. He’s Jazz.

So, here’s the likely plan: Jazz takes over at third base, replacing the Peraza/Vivas platoon that’s felt less like a strategy and more like a placeholder. Peraza has the glove but zero momentum. Jazz brings an edge. An identity. A little bit of swagger and unpredictability in an otherwise pretty methodical Yankee machine.

The team’s been winning, sure. But let’s not pretend they couldn’t use a jolt. And Jazz is a jolt with cleats on. He might go 0-for-4 or he might steal home while pointing at the dugout with a grin—and both outcomes are entertaining.

The only question is: can he hit the ground running? This team’s cooking right now, and if Jazz can plug in and stay healthy (big if, we know), he could be the exact kind of spark that keeps things rolling through the summer.

So welcome back, Jazz. We missed the electricity.

Now light up the Bronx.