Yankees Take Swing, Add Jazz

The FanGraphs Newsletter, July 29, 2024 [READ IN BROWSER]( July 29, 2024 The MLB Trade Deadline is Tuesday at 6:00 ET, but teams are already busy getting deals done. Over the weekend, the New York Yankees acquired center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Miami Marlins in exchange for three prospects: Triple-A catcher Agustin Ramirez is the headline name, but the Marlins also get A-ball infielder Jared Serna, along with Abrahan Ramirez from the Yankees’ Complex League team. What's interesting about Chisholm is that is he gets talked about like a star, when in actuality he’s more of an above-average starter at an up-the-middle position. He’s never hit 20 home runs or stolen 30 bases in a season. He’s not a very good percentage basestealer and he strikes out too much. And despite making an All-Star team and ending up on the cover of MLB: The Show, he’s never had a 3-WAR season. The best year of Chisholm’s career by a country mile was 2022, when he slugged .535 in a campaign that was cut to 60 games by back problems. And that player hasn’t been seen at any other point in Chisholm’s time in the majors. So why do the Yankees want him? [LEARN MORE]( [FanGraphs Power Rankings: 2024 Trade Deadline Edition]( With the trade deadline just around the corner, there's a new team atop the FanGraphs Power Rankings. | by Jake Mailhot [Jesse Winker Is a Straight-Up Met]( The Mets get a left-handed bat, the Nationals get a tall, right-handed pitching prospect, and everybody goes home happy. | by Davy Andrews [The Royals Add an Arm — A Big, Muscular One]( The Rangers are trading one of their early-season successes for a 26-year-old rookie who was undrafted out of (checks notes) the Colorado School of Mines. | by Michael Baumann [You Get a Reliever and You Get a Reliever and...]( Good relievers are flying off the shelves this deadline. Get them while they're hot! | by Ben Clemens [Rays' Parade of Trades Now Includes Isaac Paredes]( With an eye toward the future, two teams on the fringes of their respective leagues' Wild Card races swapped third basemen. | by Jay Jaffe [Dodgers Return James Paxton to a Familiar Spot]( The 35-year-old lefty rejoins the Red Sox, with whom he spent the past two seasons. | by Jay Jaffe [Baltimore Bolsters Rotation With Zach Eflin]( The Orioles acquire a starter for the stretch run, parting with three prospects in the process. | by Dan Szymborski [Rip-Roarin' Reliever Roundup Rodeo 2024]( They won’t dominate the headlines, but these trades should help several contending teams as they push for the playoffs. | by Dan Szymborski 🎧 [Effectively Wild Episode 2196: Trades, Valued]( [DOWNLOAD THE FANGRAPHS APP]( [FanGraphs & Effectively Wild Merch Is Now Available at BreakingT!]( [ORDER HERE]( [Pros and cons for 7 top trade candidates]( by Thomas Harrigan, MLB [How first-place Phillies are approaching MLB trade deadline]( by Jesse Rogers, ESPN [The MLB Trade Deadline Could Be Dictated by One of the Worst Teams Ever]( by Ben Lindbergh, The Ringer [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2024 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 3017 N Underwood StArlington, VA 22213 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](