The issue hasn’t been isolated just to Trent Grisham.

But with the Yankees lineup mostly sputtering throughout their ALDS series and even the wild-card series, their clutch hitter from the regular season has been anything but that.

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Grisham will enter a win-or-stay-home Game 3 hitting 3-for-20 in the 2025 playoffs with eight strikeouts.

He also is hitting .165 with 36 strikeouts a .577 OPS through 24 career postseason games.

But Boone defended his center fielder Monday — calling it the “nature of the playoffs” and saying it’s a small sample size.

“I trust Trent Grisham and his at-bat quality

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