Jazz Chisholm Jr. breaks slump by wearing larger teammates’ pants

NEW YORK (AP) — Baggy pants are in style for the New York Yankees’ Jazz Age.

When Jazz Chisholm Jr. leaned in the batter’s box as he tried to will his drive fair on Monday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the material in his baggy, pinstriped pants sagged. In an effort to break out of his early season slump, the Yankees second baseman has been wearing Giancarlo Stanton’s uniform trousers and using Jose Caballero’s bat.

Oxford Bags, as extra-wide pants were known in 1920s Britain, could become a trend if Chisholm keeps hitting.

“My teammates love ’em,” Chisholm said after his tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning led the Yankees to a 7-6 win over Toronto on Monday night. “I hear a lot of fans on the road talk about it but at home guys like it.”

An All-Star last season when he had 31 homers, 80 RBIs and 31 stolen bases, Chisholm didn’t hit his first home run this year until April 23. His batting average sank to .200 during last week’s trip to Baltimore.

Listed at 5-foot-11 and 184 pounds, the 28-year-old Chisholm had been borrowing the loose pants of 221-pound teammate Trent Grisham. He couldn’t find a Grisham pair last Wednesday at Baltimore.

“I went to Big G’s pants, and the balls were coming off hot,” Chisholm said.

Wearing the baggier breeches of the 6-foot-6, 245-pound Stanton, Chisholm had a double that day. Then he went 7-for-12 wearing Stanton’s knickers during a Subway Series against the New York Mets at Citi Field last weekend.

“Jazz has so much swag. He can really kind of pull off anything,” teammate Cody Bellinger said.

Chisholm also switched in Baltimore from his regular bat, manufactured by Chandler, to a 34-inch, 31-ounce Victus model used by Caballero.

“I was like, bro, keep my bat hot, and he’s like, `All right, let me try that,'” said Caballero, who’s on the injured list with a broken finger. “His is more end-loaded. Mine is more balanced so you can really feel your hands.”

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