Yankees clock ticking on Trent Grisham’s extreme patience

Trent Grisham has hit the ball exhausting and never usually been rewarded — maybe as a result of too many batted balls have touched the grime relatively than sailed over it — whereas drawing loads of walks in what has been an general unremarkable starting to his season.

More outstanding, although, is how Grisham has been conducting his at-bats: He has barely swung.

With all of the early season and it’s-only-mid-April caveats, the Yankees middle fielder entered play Monday having seen 242 pitches and having supplied at 81. Among 179 certified main leaguers, Grisham’s 33.5 % swing charge ranked 178th, with solely Baltimore’s Taylor Ward extra selective.

As a Yankee, Grisham has at all times been affected person and took a lower on the fifth-lowest share of pitches final season, however his 2025 charge of 38.5 % practically paints the image of a free swinger in contrast along with his first 15 video games this season.