Trent Grisham details how he escaped bad place to become breakout Yankees star

Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham catches up with Steve Serby for some Q&A during a breakout season.Q: Center field is a prestigious position at Yankee Stadium.A: I don’t think there’s really any position that’s not prestigious for the Yankees, but yes, it is.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

Q: How would you describe what it’s like being a Yankee?A: I love it because it kind of simplifies everything.Sometimes the big leagues gets a little bit more about everything but baseball.

Here it’s very simple — it’s we’re here to win.It’s very business mentality, very straight cut, there’s no ifs, ands or buts about it, we’re here to win every night, and you can either get on that page or you can go somewhere else.Q: What is it like playing on the New York stage?A: It’s the pinnacle of sports and media in the world, so there’s a lot of pressure, but that’s also what makes it a lot of fun.Q: Your baseball dream started at age 3.

What do you remember about those early first days?A: (Chuckle) What my mom tells me.First word was “ball,” and wanted to play T-Ball starting at the age of 3, and really didn’t stop wanting to do that any day after that.Q: What drives you?A: I love the game.

That drives me.I would say my childhood dream drives me.

And obviously, I honestly just want to see what I’m capable of.I’ve been told since I was young that I had ability and potential and all those other things that people say, but at the end of the day, I want to see where I stand in the league at the end of my career, just to see what I can get out of my capabilities.Q: How would you sum up your major league career to this point?A: Unfinished.Q: What has been the emotional low point for you in the major leagues?A: It had to be probably middle of ’23 in San Diego, maybe early to the middle of the season.

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