Jazz Chisholm

Jasrado Hermis Arrington Chisholm Coakley

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.
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Debut September 1, 2020

Born February 1, 1998 in Nassau Bahamas

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Jazz Chisholm is an infielder who made his major league debut during the 2020 season. He is also known as Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks for a $200,000 bonus in 2015, he made his pro debut in 2016. The third-youngest player in the Pioneer League (after Jomar Cortes and Keibert Ruiz), he hit .281/.333/.446 with 42 runs, 9 homers and 13 steals in 17 tries over 62 games for the Missoula Osprey; one issue was 73 whiffs in 249 AB. He fielded .921 at short. He was 9th in the Pioneer League in dingers and 7th in strikeouts. He was not named the league's All-Star shortstop, as that was Hector Vargas. Baseball America rated him as the loop's #9 prospect (between Gilbert Lara and T.J. Friedl) and as Arizona's 5th-best prospect entering 2017 (between Socrates Brito and Anfernee Grier).

In the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, the teenager started at short for the Great Britain national team, flanked by fellow Bahamians Albert Cartwright (2B) and Kyle Simmons. He hit .250/.294/.313 with one run and one RBI in four games, getting three of his four hits against Pakistan. His walk against Josh Zeid in the 7th helped end a perfect game bid by Israel in the finale.

On July 31, 2019, he was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Miami Marlins in return for rookie starting pitcher Zac Gallen. A year and a month later, on September 1, 2020 he made his debut for the Marlins, inserted as a defensive replacement at shortstop in the 8th inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays. On the very first pitch of the inning, Cavan Biggio lined out to him. He was the 7th major leaguer from the Bahamas, joining Antoan Richardson as the only ones in the 21st Century to that point.

He hit his first major league homer off none other than Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets, on April 10, 2021. It was the only run given up by deGrom in 8 innings in a typically masterful performance in which he walked none and struck out 14. But in something just as typical, his teammates did not support him with any runs, so Jazz's homer proved to be the difference in a 3-0 win. Jazz played 124 games that season, as the Marlins' regular second baseman although he also played 37 games at shortstop, and batted .248 with 18 homers and 53 RBIs. Usually hitting near the top of the line-up, he scored 70 runs and stole 23 bases. He also led the National League with 8 caught stealing, but that was a very low total for a league leader, and his stolen base percentage remained good at 74%. His OPS+ was 96, but mst observers felt that he had yet to reach his full potential and that part of this was improving on a K/W ratio of 145/34. There was no doubting that with his speed, power and defensive prowess, he was one of the most spectacular players in the majors.

On April 27, 2022, he played in a game against the Washington Nationals that featured rookie Lucius Fox at shortstop. It was the first time since Andre Rodgers and Tony Curry had faced each other in 1961 that two Bahamanian players had appeared in the same major league game. The two had known one another since they were kids playing Little League Baseball. He had an excellent first half that season, hitting .254 in 60 games, with 14 homers and 45 RBIs. His all-around improvement resulted in an OPS+ of 139, and an invitation to play in the 2022 All-Star Game. However, at that time, he was on the injured list due to a lower back problem, and unfortunately, he was not able to appear in the game or to come back at all that season as it was determined that the pain was caused by a stress fracture that needed time and rest to heal properly. The following off-season, there was uncertainty about what his defensive position would be: the trade by the Marlins of starting shortstop Miguel Rojas led to speculation that he would take over for Rojas at the key defensive position, but after the Marlins acquired another infielder, Luis Arraez, in a trade on January 20, 2023 General Manager Kim Ng stated that the plan was to move Jazz to centerfield to take advantage of his exceptional speed, with Arraez playing second, and another off-season acquisition, Jean Segura, and returnee Joey Wendle sharing most of the work at shortstop and third base. Before that could happen, Chisholm was given the honor of gracing the cover of the video game MLB The Show 23, continuing with the producers' trend of using some of the most exciting young stars in the majors on their covers - he was following in the footsteps of Shohei Ohtani and Fernando Tatis Jr.

The first half of his 2023 season was again marred by injuries as he went on the injured list with turf toe on May 16th, returned on June 26th only to be injured again on July 3rd, this time with a strained hamstring. He only came back on July 31st and as a result only played 45 games in the first half, hitting .246 with 9 homers. On September 16-17, he did something very rare when he hit a grand slam in consecutive games against the Atlanta Braves, contributing to a three-game sweep by the Fish. This came at a crucial point of the season, as the Marlins were in a battle with five other teams for the three wild card slots available in the NL (the Braves had already clinched the division title by this point). The Marlins did qualify for the postseason, while he finished the year at .250 in 97 games, with 19 homers and 51 RBIs, for an OPS+ of 101. He played both of the Marlins' games against the Philadelphia Phillies in the Wild Card Series, but was 0 for 8 with 4 K's as the Fish were swept.

The marlins fell back to the bottom of the standings early in the 2024 season although Jazz was healthy, playing every day, and one of the few players making a steady offensive contribution with the bat at that point. On May 22nd, he joined a very rare club when he homered off Freddy Peralta of the Milwaukee Brewers to lead off the bottom of the 1st inning, and it turned out to be the only run of the game. It was only the 30th time this had happened since 1900.

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NL All-Star: 2022

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