By Ken Rosenthal, Patrick Mooney, Will Sammon and Katie Woo MLB trade deadline watch is a collection of news and notes from our reporting team of Patrick Mooney, Will Sammon, Katie Woo and Ken Rosenthal. Two league sources, one with the Marlins , one with another club, used the same phrase Tuesday when asked about the questions regarding Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s makeup.
“It’s not a secret,” the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity in exchange for the candor. Some clubs are completely out on Chisholm because of his strong personality. Other clubs are attracted to his power-speed combination, not to mention his two additional years of club control.
Advertisement Chisholm, 26, entered Tuesday with 13 home runs and 19 stolen bases in 27 attempts. He is owed the balance of his $2.625 million salary this season.
That number likely will jump to the $5 million range in his second year of arbitration, and increase again in his third. Durability is a concern with Chisholm, who played in only 281 of a possible 486 games the previous three seasons, or 58 percent. But this season, he has appeared in 98 of the Marlins’ 101 games.
As for Chisholm’s makeup, one Marlins person said he would be fine in the right clubhouse — a more veteran clubhouse than Miami’s. The Yankees , who have shown interest in Chisholm according to the New York Post, might be more willing than other clubs to absorb him. This season, the Yankees have embraced right-hander Marcus Stroman and left .