After playing an instrumental role in a 9-6 win over the Red Sox on Friday, Jazz Chisholm Jr. said something that might strike some as strange coming from the mouth of a professional athlete.

The Yankees’ third baseman said that he’s been playing at 70% since returning from an oblique strain on Tuesday. Not 100%. And certainly not the 110% that athletes love to tout.

Seventy.

Asked to explain, Chisholm said it was Yankees assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler , known simply as “Six,” who told him to strive for 70%.

“Coach Six said at 70%, I’m one of the best out there,” Chisholm said. “At 100%, I might be dog crap.

“When you believe in something or it feels so right, you can’t go wrong with it.”

So far, the seemingly unconventional approach has paid dividends for Chisholm and the Ya

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