Yankees bench Jazz Chisholm Jr. in Game 1 after up-and-down season

For the second straight year, Jazz Chisholm Jr.expected to be in the Yankees lineup for Game 1 of the AL wild card series.For the second straight year, he was not.

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.With the Red Sox opening the series with lefty Payton Tolle on the mound, Aaron Boone started the righty-hitting Anthony Volpe at second base over the lefty-hitting Chisholm, a platoon that worked out as Volpe went 1-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt in Tuesday’s 9-0 win.“It’s a tough call there, one I deliberated on the last couple days, but ultimately this is the way I wanted to go in this first one,” Boone said before the game.Last year, Chisholm was not happy to be sitting against lefty Garrett Crochet in Game 1, and spoke to reporters postgame with his back turned to them at his locker, showing his displeasure with the situation.Boone described this year as “different scenarios, circumstances” — Chisholm played just three games after returning from the injured list for a right thumb sprain last week, with Volpe making the most of his call-up from Triple-A in the interim — and reiterated that he was OK with players being “ticked off at different points” because they are not in the lineup.“I essentially just texted him, like, ‘Hey, you might be the most important person in the building tonight.

We need you to be ready to go for the biggest spot, potentially,’ ” Boone said.“Obviously he’s going to play a huge role for us if we’re going to get deep in the playoffs and win a world championship.”Chisholm figures to be back in the lineup on Wednesday for Game 2 against Red Sox righty Sonny Gray.

It has been a difficult contract year for the pending free agent, underperforming for most of it before finally getting hot right up until he injured his thumb earlier this month.Amed Rosario was also in the lineup for Game 1, starting at thir...