{"id":662382,"date":"2026-04-04T07:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:04:13","slug":"athletic-yankees-run-wild-on-marlins-to-continue-early-stolen-base-trend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662382\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Athletic\u2019 Yankees run wild on Marlins to continue early stolen base trend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through seven games, the Yankees lead the American League with 11 steals and only trail the Brewers (15) in the big leagues.<\/p>\n

Yes, the Yankees are running it back.<\/p>\n

But the team they are running back \u2014 the post-trade-deadline version \u2014 is one that clearly can run.<\/p>\n

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked in the second inning and quickly stole second and third, and Jos\u00e9 Caballero then stole second base behind him, both coming around to score and setting an aggressive tone in what became an 8-2, home-opening victory over the Marlins<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a really athletic team,\u201d said Cody Bellinger, who was brought back in part because of his athleticism, which he demonstrated again with a remarkable catch in the ninth inning. \u201cWe believe that we\u2019re one of the best teams out there \u2026 and we want to be showcasing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Against Miami catcher Liam Hicks, who has a poor defensive reputation, the Yankees took advantage and went 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts, two apiece from Chisholm and Caballero, while Aaron Judge swiped second in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) steals third base during the second inning when the New York Yankees played the Miami Marlins in their home opener on Friday, April 3, 2026. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

But the Yankees\u2019 aggressiveness and desire to force the Marlins\u2019 defense to make plays \u2014 some of which worked, some of which did not \u2014 shined through in other ways, too.<\/p>\n

With two outs and a runner on third in the third inning, Caballero pushed a bunt down the first-base line, an attempt at a hit that backfired.<\/p>\n

With two on base in the sixth inning, Ryan McMahon lofted a fly out to left on which Austin Wells, in a big surprise, tagged up from second base. The throw from Griffin Conine beat Wells, but the catcher proved nimble with a slide that avoided the tag. Wells then scored on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n

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In the eighth inning, Trent Grisham attempted to go from first to third on a Judge single to left and was thrown out because he lost contact with the base.<\/p>\n

It is early, but these Yankees do not look like a team that simply waits for a home run.<\/p>\n

\"Jazz<\/p>\n

Jazz Chisholm Jr. stole both second and third base. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a handful of guys that can really push it in the running game,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cSo far, I think the guys are doing a good job of taking extra bases, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought Grish going there, and he beats the throw \u2014 he just came off [the base] obviously on the slide \u2014 but really good job by them today of being smartly aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony Volpe (left shoulder surgery recovery), who began facing live pitching Wednesday, is set to head north \u201cin the middle of the month,\u201d Boone said, to begin a rehab assignment.<\/p>\n

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That could position the shortstop for a season debut in late April or early May.<\/p>\n

Team USA hockey heroes Jack Hughes and Aerin Frankel threw out the ceremonial first pitches<\/a>, after which \u201cU-S-A\u201d chants rang out from the crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Through seven games, the Yankees lead the American League with 11 steals and only trail the Brewers (15)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[106,152,1205,1217,5,136,1365,547,1824,1965,7728,1816,778,58,4171,4,1494,122,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-662382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-marlins","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-american-league","10":"tag-anthony-volpe","11":"tag-austin-wells","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-brewers","14":"tag-cody-bellinger","15":"tag-griffin-conine","16":"tag-jazz-chisholm","17":"tag-jose-caballero","18":"tag-liam-hicks","19":"tag-marlins","20":"tag-miami","21":"tag-miami-marlins","22":"tag-miamimarlins","23":"tag-mlb","24":"tag-ryan-mcmahon","25":"tag-trent-grisham","26":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116345165737251287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}