Yankees' Jorbit Vivas is feel-good name for fans amid Jazz Chisholm suspension

Billy Heyen

Yankees' Jorbit Vivas is feel-good name for fans amid Jazz Chisholm suspension image

Jorbit Vivas might not be a name that New York Yankees fans have heard before.

It's time to get familiar.

The Yankees called up Vivas from Triple-A on Monday in anticipation of Jazz Chisholm serving a one-game suspension.

He's worth knowing.

Vivas, 24, is a left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing, 5-foot-9 Venezuelan.

This season so far, he's hitting a ridiculous .343 in Triple-A. That includes five doubles, two homers and 14 RBI, along with 10 walks compared to just four strikeouts.

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If Vivas gets into a game, it'll be his MLB debut.

Vivas spent the first six seasons of his professional career in the Dodgers organization. 

He joined the Yankees system for 2024, and spent 93 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, batting only .225.

But this season, Vivas has caught fire, and it's earned him a feel-good call-up to the majors.

If he gets a chance, he may just deliver, because a locked-in hitter is a locked-in hitter no matter the size of the ballpark.

A clutch Rivas moment in pinstripes would definitely be pretty cool.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle