BOSTON — After stealing three bases in Friday’s 4-1 win over the Red Sox , the Yankees entered Saturday’s game with a major league-leading 51 swipes since July 30.
That’s the day Jazz Chisholm Jr. started stealing again after a nagging groin injury kept him from running much for 39 games. The Yankees acquired José Caballero from the Rays the very next day.
Chisholm leads all players with 20 bags since July 30. Caballero, who leads the majors overall with 46 stolen bases despite not being an everyday player for most of the season, has 13 steals over that stretch, which ranks third.
With Chisholm stealing two bases on Friday — he has 30 overall after getting caught on a third attempt — and Caballero adding another that led to a run, there was some friendly postgame debate over who i