Marlins have had Jazz Chisholm Jr. trade talks with Pirates, Mariners, Yankees, Phillies

On Thursday afternoon, just as Jazz Chisholm Jr. was playing what might have been his final Miami Marlins home game, Jim Bowden of The Athletic made a guest appearance on Pittsburgh radio station 93.7 The Fan to discuss the Pirates' approach to the trade deadline. Staying in the thick of the NL Wild Card race despite awful center field production, Pittsburgh is unsurprisingly in on Chisholm, according to Bowden:

"Pittsburgh, Seattle, Philadelphia and the Yankees—those four in particular, I have confirmed have had discussions. I've also heard that the Phillies aren't sure that he's a good fit in their clubhouse with what they're trying to do. I'm not sure the Yankees are sold as well. I know Seattle is definitely in."

Bowden went on to share his opinion that the Pirates are "the best spot" for Chisholm, with Andrew McCutchen's positive influence being the "most important" factor.

This season, Pirates center fielders—mainly Michael A. Taylor and Jack Suwinski—are collectively slashing .208/.272/.298 with a 61 wRC+. Chisholm has been candid about preferring to play the infield moving forward, but he reminded everybody of his defensive potential on Thursday with two outstanding diving catches.

Bowden says in a recent conversation between he and Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix, Bendix expressed that "he just wants the best possible players he can get in return" for Chisholm, regardless of position. On Thursday morning, Bowden published a mock trade proposal that would bring RHP Braxton Ashcraft and C Henry Davis to Miami. Personally, I'm very skeptical Pittsburgh would part with Davis at this deadline, selling low on the No. 1 overall pick from the 2021 MLB Draft. Also, there isn't much age difference between these 24-year-olds and the 26-year-old Chisholm, which makes them odd choices to rebuild the Marlins organization with.

Nate Karzmer will present his own Jazz-to-the-Pirates proposal on Friday morning. Here is my Mariners proposal from earlier this week.