Yankees make moves with Jazz, others before playing Mariners

With the Seattle Mariners in town, All-Star infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. is moving back to second base for the New York Yankees.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jul 8, 2025, 1:59 PM Updated: 2:10 pm

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NEW YORK (AP) — All-Star infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. is moving back to second base with the New York Yankees in place of DJ LeMahieu, who is heading to the bench.

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Chisholm has been playing third base, but he’s made some wayward throws lately while hampered by a sore shoulder, and the Yankees have struggled on defense at times.

He was back at second for Tuesday’s 4:05 p.m. series opener against the Seattle Mariners, with Oswald Peraza starting at third.

In other Yankees news, reliever Mark Leiter Jr. was placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Monday, with a stress fracture in his left leg. Right-hander Clayton Beeter was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Right-hander Cam Schlittler will be called up from Triple-A to start Wednesday night in his major league debut.

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