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Evan & Tiki

Jazz Chisholm’s Slow Start Is Becoming a Yankees Problem

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to the Yankees’ four game losing streak and explain why the concern is not panic, but the offense suddenly going quiet. After another frustrating one run loss, they look at how a team with strong overall numbers can still feel vulnerable when key bats stop producing. The conversation focuses on Jazz Chisholm’s rough start, his 50 50 comments, and whether he is pressing in a lineup where he does not need to be the hero. Evan and Tiki also debate whether skipping the media after a bad night matters, why Austin Wells needs to wake up, and the strange handling of Jose Caballero’s finger injury.

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0:00.0

Sean Morash needs to apologize.

0:02.5

Because six days ago on this radio station, we were talking about the New York Yankees.

0:07.4

And he invoked the 1998 Yankees, which is sacrilegious.

0:11.3

And since that moment, they're one in five, including last night's Mets-like loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

0:17.4

So I think it's only fair to try to clear out the demons that have been created. Apologize. No. When David Cohn and Joe Girardi apologize, I'll apologize. Don't hide behind Gerardi and David Cohn. You're the one who said they're the 98 Yankees. And while the Yankees are still very good and no one should be overly concerned over this four-game losing streak. When you play with the gods like that, you're asking for trouble. No, no, no. Here's the deal. First of all, nobody's panicking. And if you are panicking, I think you're adult at this point. But we'll take your calls at 888-808-109. The 98 Yankees, July 16th through July 20th, four out of five games they lost. The 98 Yankees, July 16th through July 20th, four out of five games they lost.

0:55.8

The 98 Yankees, August 19th through August 26th, seven games lost out of eight.

1:02.4

So tell me where the 98 Yankees didn't have hiccups throughout this.

1:05.9

And when we...

1:06.6

It's baseball.

1:07.4

It's baseball.

1:08.6

What you saw the past couple days is simply, oh, that's baseball, Susan. Little marks that you can learn from. What bullpen arms you can trust, but you can't trust. And Aaron Boone will figure that all. I think the biggest thing you take away from these four straight losses, I mean, the first one, you know, notwithstanding because they kind of got their butts beat. But the last three have been one-run games.

1:28.1

They're not hitting.

1:28.8

It's two walk-offs, and they're not hitting. Yeah, ultimately, they're not scoring runs. That's why I jokingly say it's Mets-like, because they pitched well enough to win last night's game. They pitched well enough to win really two of the three games in Milwaukee. I'm not saying they're dominating, but they're pitching well enough to be in these games.

1:44.3

Oh, yeah.

1:44.6

Ron Wethers had a no-hitter.

1:46.8

I know.

1:47.1

Until the seventh inning.

1:48.1

All right. three games in Milwaukee. I'm not saying they're dominating, but they're pitching well enough to be in these games. Oh, yeah. Ron Wethers had a no-hitter. I know. Until the seventh inning. I know. And then give them, get a couple on base and then... Ah, Hedrick. We liked Hedrick. Well, they overuse Brett Hedrick. I mean, he basically pitches every other day. You can't give him a home run,. You know, I honestly, a game like this, and maybe this is the Mets that have gotten to me about this, I don't even look at last night's loss and say, ah, screw Brent Hedrick. No, I don't either. It's disappointing because you feel like they use them all the time, and he's always good. No, no, I get that. I look at last night's loss and say, other than

2:18.0

a Ben Rice home run, which I didn't think was out off the bat and neither did the yes cameras, as they fooled the hell out of us, other than a Ben Rice two run home run, what the offense do? Nothing. And it's not like they were facing, you know, Jim Palmer and his prime. So I think this slump, and I wouldn't panic about

2:34.8

the slump, but if we're trying to define what's happened

2:36.8

over these four games against Milwaukee and now against Baltimore, this is an offense that's gone incredibly quiet. And there are specific guys that we can question. And it starts with Jazz Chisholm. I mean, Jazz Chisholm was miserable yesterday, and now we're at the quartermark of the

2:51.7

season. So we're at a big enough sample size, not just for teams, but for players, to kind of look at the seasons they're having and say, okay, what's going on? Jazz Chisholm is not having a good season. Jazz Jism. And this is a contract year, and sometimes we make the assumption that in a contract year. Guys are going to have a big year. And Jazz

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