The Yankees appear to have avoided the worst with Jazz Chisholm Jr.

“Appear” being the key word.

The second baseman, one of the Yankees' most dynamic overall performers this season on offense and defense, left Saturday’s 6-1 victory over the Orioles in the fifth inning after getting hit on the left forearm with a 97-mph sinker thrown by Baltimore lefthander Grant Wolfram.

Shortly after Chisholm departed, the Yankees announced that initial X-rays had come back negative and that he would be sent after the game for a CT scan. The club later announced that test also came back negative.

“Early signs good,” manager Aaron Boone said. “Looks like he got him on the meat part of the forearm. We’re hopeful.”

Immediately after getting hit by the pitch, Chisholm, clearly in immense pain, took a f

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