Whether the Jazz Chisholm Jr. center field experiment works or not, it won’t be for lack of trying.
Back in January, Chisholm informed Marlins manager Skip Schumaker that he’d be willing to play any position that helped the team win. The Marlins soon traded for 2022 AL batting champion and second baseman Luis Arraez, necessitating a move to center field for the 25-year-old.
Almost immediately—and weeks before position players had to report to the Marlins spring training facility in Jupiter—Chisholm took to the ballfields of Miami with fellow Marlins outfielders, including veterans Avisaíl García and Jorge Soler.