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Yankees Shouldn't Overreact to Trent Grisham's Slow Start

New York Yankees On SI·Joseph Randazzo·about 1 month ago
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Every time it looks like Trent Grisham is gaining some traction, he struggles just a bit more. It's the first month of the season, and he is hitting .151/.298/.312 with a 78 wRC+. Despite this tepid production, the New York Yankees haven't given any indication that his job could be on the line, and haven't cut down on his at-bats the way they have with Ryan McMahon. Of course, it's about as bad a start as he could have had. Grisham's return to the Yankees was already contentious. Fans and media alike criticized the move, saying that giving him the qualifying offer was shortsighted . That objection was even more pronounced when Grisham accepted it shortly after. The feeling for those who didn't like the move was that Grisham's 2025 was a fluke, and that he would never have another season in which he hit 34 home runs and posted a 129 wRC+. Anybody who was feeling that angst, that was a contract-year outlier, is probably feeling a bit like a baseball Nostradamus.…

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