Jazz Chisholm Jr's legacy with the Miami Marlins

The Miami Marlins traded the face of the franchise Jazz Chisholm Jr. by the Trade Deadline. It was a surprising trade that we have since evaluated and I wrote about the three reasons why it made sense. I wasn't happy about the trade. I like Jazz and his personality, and it was sad to see him gone. A question comes to mind now, what will his legacy be? How will he be remembered?

Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a memorable time with the Miami Marlins.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was known for having an exciting, but also somewhat controversial personality. He was confident and outspoken and it rubbed some the wrong way. It was rumored that he feuded with Miguel Rojas, who allegedly didn't like Jazz's personality. Jazz later talked about it without naming names. It seems to me that Rojas's very uptight personality just didn't mix with Jazz's.

It seems that Miguel Rojas wasn't the only one with an issue, as various players around the Majors voted Jazz the "most overrated player in MLB". That was pretty insulting, but it showed how players perceived him. Their explanation was that he was receiving attention despite lack of production on the field. That so-called attention included him being on the cover of MLB The Show 23.

The picture begins to form as we see a confident and outspoken player, who gets to be on the cover of video games, and whose attitude and recognition creates jealousy and resentment. There may also have been genuine confusion. Sadly, as I look at Jazz's stats they really weren't impressive here. This is also due to his injury history. I won't go into more detail here, but he developed quite a reputation as an injury-prone player unable to play the whole season.

After a .161/.242/.321 debut in a small sample size in 2020, Jazz Chisholm Jr. got his first real taste of the Majors in 2021. In that season, he batted .248/.303/.425, with 18 home runs and 53 RBI in 124 games and 464 AB. He also had an impressive 23 stolen bases. It was an intriguing season, but clearly with a lot of room to grow.

Jazz couldn't stay healthy enough to play in more than 60 games in 2022. In the 213 AB. he batted .254/.325/.535, with 14 home runs and 45 RBI. That was impressive, but we were yet to see what he could do in a full season. In 2023, he played 97 games and received 352 AB, batting .250/.304/.457, with 19 home runs and 51 RBI.

In 2024, his final season with the Miami Marlins, Jazz Chisholm Jr. batted .249/.323/.407, with 13 home runs and 50 RBI in 101 games and 386 AB. At the end of the day, it's unclear who he really was. He had contact, on-base and strikeout issues, he couldn't hit fellow lefties well, but he had speed and power. He moved from second base to CF during his time on the team, but he was never known as a good defender.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is a nice guy who tried his best. I just don't know what his legacy with the Miami Marlins really is. He never played a full season and never had a WAR over 2.5. He's more of a "what if?" than really anything else.