Baseball fans are mercilessly mocking New York Yankees star Jazz Chisholm, who had a night to forget at the 2025 Home Run Derby in Atlanta.
This year’s derby only featured three of the top-ten home run hitters in the league. While top-ten hitters Cal Raleigh, James Wood, and Junior Caminero participated, the league had to go as low as 43rd on the home run list to fill out a roster of ten stars to participate.
As a result, some shocking performances were turned in – but none worse than Jazz Chisholm.
Chisholm, who is currently 31st on the MLB home run list, stepped into the batters box and hit a paltry three home runs on 38 swings.
It was by far the least amount of home runs in the first round for the night – with the next lowest number coming from Matt Olson, who hit 15 homers.
Chisholm was eviscerated on social media – with memes mocking him popping up moments after he was eliminated.
Yankees star Jazz Chisholm had a night to forget when he had a bad Home Run Derby
Chisholm took 38 swings in the contest, but only socked three home runs in the event
Memes compared him to George Costanza, Billy Beane of ‘Moneyball’ fame, and his struggling Yankees teammate Anthony Volpe.
‘Fun fact: Jazz Chisholm Jr. chose to wear the jersey number 3 to foreshadow the amount of home runs he was going to hit tonight… chills,’ joked one user on X.
Boston sports fan Tyler Milliken joked that former Red Sox minor leaguer Bobby Dalbec ‘would’ve put on a better show than Jazz Chisholm. I know that.’
‘People are mad about [Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jacob] Misiorowski being in the All Star Game when we should really be asking why the f Jazz Chisholm was in the Home Run Derby,’ said another account.
Another account raged, ‘This is a black eye on Major League Baseball and Rob Manfred. Eugenio Suarez, an all-star with 31 home runs (4th in MLB), wanted to participate in the Derby. MLB wouldn’t let him so they could let Jazz Chisholm, a guy with 4 HRs on the road this season, play. Hope you’re happy.’
‘Jazz Chisholm needs a friend in his life who would have told him no when he said he was gonna sign up for the Home Run Derby,’ joked another.
Fans mocked Chisholm and blasted MLB for letting him participate despite his low numbers
In a season where the Yankees have struggled to keep momentum going, Chisholm has been one of the few bright spots.
His 17 home runs is good for second on the team behind Aaron Judge, who did not compete in the Home Run Derby despite being second in the league in the statistic.
As for the event itself, Seattle Mariners superstar Cal Raleigh won the Home Run Derby with 18 blasts in the final round to outlast Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Raleigh, who leads MLB in home runs at the All-Star Break, hit 17 homers in the first round to barely survive into the semifinals after StatCast determined he broke a tie with Brent Rooker by 0.1 feet.
He then outlasted Oneil Cruz in the semifinals before beating Caminero and becoming the first Mariner to win the event since Ken Griffey Jr. in 1999.
