NEW YORK -- The Yankees are placing second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the injured list with a sprained right thumb, manager Aaron Boone announced Wednesday.
Chisholm hurt the thumb sliding headfirst into second base attempting to stretch a single into a double in the eighth inning of the Yankees' 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. He remained in the game but exited after making a throw to first base in the ninth inning.
After the game, Boone said Chisholm's thumb was numb. Tests on Wednesday revealed the sprain, which will require Chisholm to be shut down from baseball activities for seven to 10 days and could keep him sidelined through the end of the regular season.
Chisholm, 28, had been enjoying perhaps the best stretch of a disappointing individual season over the previous two weeks, batting .391 with a 1.028 OPS in his past 15 games. On the season, he's slashing .232/.312/.403 with 19 home runs and 40 stolen bases in 134 games. It is not the production he envisioned with free agency looming this winter.
"I feel like he has been putting together some of his best at-bats of the season for an extended stretch," Boone said. "So, definitely a blow."
The Yankees plan to recall Anthony Volpe from the Triple A on Thursday to take Chisholm's spot on the roster, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Volpe, the team's starting shortstop the previous three seasons, is batting .292 with 10 home runs and a 1.051 OPS in 28 games while splitting time among shortstop, second base and third base since he was demoted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last month.
"I feel like he's in a really good spot," Boone said. "Obviously, he's been really productive down there and playing really well. He's taken well to the other positions so we'll see."
Jose Caballero got the start at second base Wednesday. Amed Rosario and Luis Garcia Jr. are other potential options on the roster.
García primarily played second base in his first six major league seasons with the Washington Nationals but has split his time between first base and designated hitter in 2026. The left-handed-hitting García, acquired from Washington at the trade deadline, has recorded a breakout season at the plate with 28 home runs and a .542 slugging percentage.
"One of the things we'll talk about," Boone said. "But mostly consider him at first right now. But I've watched him move around, just pregame stuff. Watch him take groundballs and I like what he brings to the table there. We'll see if that's an option. But I view him as a first baseman right now."
