Jazz Chisholm Jr. Trade Looks Better After Agustin Ramirez's 21 Homers
Jazz Chisholm Jr. gave the Yankees a.273/.325/.500 line over the final 46 games of 2024, but the trade that brought him to New York is being measured again after Agustin Ramirez finished his rookie season with 21 home runs. The Marlins got Ramirez as the headliner of the Yankees’ three-prospect package, and his first full year put a hard number on what Miami received.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. at third base
New York acquired Chisholm from the Miami Marlins at the 2024 trade deadline and pushed him into third base on the fly. He answered with production that fit the stretch run, hitting.273/.325/.500 over his final 46 games in pinstripes.
That run gave the Yankees immediate offense after the deal, even as the long view of the trade has shifted toward what Ramirez might become. The comparison is simple: New York got a short-term boost, while Miami now has a former Yankees prospect whose first season produced real power but uneven overall numbers.
Agustin Ramirez in Miami
Ramirez made his MLB debut in late April of 2025 and finished the season with 21 home runs, a.231/.287/.413 line, a 91 wRC+ and 0.0 fWAR. Those numbers put him in the middle ground for a rookie catcher: enough power to matter, not enough all-around value yet to make the return look one-sided.
He reached those totals after arriving in a system where he was the headliner of the three prospects New York sent to Miami. Austin Wells was ahead of him on the Yankees’ catching depth chart at the time, and Rafael Flores and Carlos Narvaez were also in the organization, which left Ramirez expendable when the Yankees chose Chisholm’s bat and athleticism for the second half of 2024.
The Yankees' return
The trade now sits on two timelines. Chisholm gave New York.273/.325/.500 over 46 games, and Ramirez answered with 21 homers in his rookie season. For the Yankees, that means the deal is still being judged by immediate production on one side and a full-season line from the prospect on the other.
Ramirez’s home run total is the number that keeps the comparison alive. His.231/.287/.413 line and 91 wRC+ show why the package is not settled as a clean win or loss yet, but it also means the trade is no longer just about what Chisholm did in New York. It is now about whether that rookie power becomes enough to balance the return the Marlins received at the 2024 trade deadline.
