BALTIMORE — After stealing two bases a week ago Friday to give him 30 for the season, Jazz Chisholm Jr. stood two homers away from joining an exclusive club, one that only two Yankees before him had reached in a single season — at least 30 stolen bases and at least 30 homers.
“It would mean a lot if we win the division with it,” Chisholm said of the milestone. “That would feel like I helped the team a lot and helped us win. But if we don’t win the division with it, it won’t mean as much as I would want it to mean in my heart.”
After hitting his 30th homer in Friday’s 4-2 loss to the Orioles — which allowed him to join Bobby Bonds (1975) and Alfonso Soriano (2002 and ’03) as Yankees to have 30-30 seasons — Chisholm sounded a similar tune.
But he didn't downplay the achievement, either.