Trent Grisham's offensive metrics and mental approach suggest continued dominance

Jared Bloom

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Ahead of the 2024 season, the New York Yankees made a major trade with the San Diego Padres to acquire both Juan Soto and Trent Grisham. While they gave up a lot to acquire these two, the front office felt it was worth it to get at least one year with Soto and possibly two years with Grisham. 

During last year's offseason, Soto decided to sign his mega deal with the New York Mets while Grisham returned on a one-year deal to avoid arbitration. However, nobody could have expected the season that Grisham was about to have. 

He played in 143 regular-season games, hitting.235/.348/464 with a career-high 34 home runs and 74 runs batted in. He was as locked in as he could be, and that is thanks to some changes he made at the plate. 

Trent Grisham's offensive metrics and mental approach suggest continued dominance

Trent Grisham's career-best season did not happen by chance. He has worked hard to put himself in a position to help his team and made a change to his mental approach, via The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, Will Sammon, and Katie Woo. 

"Grisham was comfortable in New York and is said to be confident he can replicate his 20-25 performance because of changes he made at the plate and in his mental approach. If interested teams agree with that assessment, he could warrant a healthy multiyear deal."

Grisham was not just good this past season; he rivaled some of the best hitters in the league. He was right up there with the likes of Juan Soto and Kyle Tucker and could be well on his way to parlaying a good season into another one in 2026. 

"His chase rate was the fourth lowest in the majors, only behind Juan Soto, Gleyber Torres, and Kyle Tucker. His walk rate was the ninth highest. And his batted-ball numbers suggested that his offensive performance was no fluke."

Grisham is widely expected to reject the Yankees' $22.025 million qualifying offer. So, if the Bronx bombers want their guy, they are going to have to reach into their deep pockets.

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