The New York Yankees have their All-Star second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. under team control for one more season, though according to expert projections they will need to pay him at least $11 million in 2026 , either through an arbitration award or a contract settlement that makes arbitration unnecessary.

That would be nearly double the 27-year-old's salary this season of $5.85 million . Is that a raise the Yankees are willing to give Chisholm? Unless they trade him, they will likely have no choice. But on Friday, Greg Joyce of the New York Post reported that as Chisholm enters his "walk year," the Yankees granting him a contract extension that would keep him in the Bronx beyond 2026 "is unlikely before the season starts."

That would put Chisholm in the position of playing next y

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