Jazz Chisholm Jr.s maddening Yankees career could end on bench

In their biggest game of the season, the Yankees put Jazz Chisholm Jr.on the bench. And if that was going to be how Chisholm’s tenure with the team ended — replaced by Anthony Volpe at second base for Game 3 of the ALDS on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium — it sure was telling.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

“Just felt like it,” manager Aaron Boone said in his office before Game 3.“I felt like I wanted to go with [Volpe] today.” The impetus for the move was Chisholm’s poor Game 2, when he committed a throwing error in the first inning and nearly had another before George Lombard Jr.

saved him, not to mention entering Wednesday 0-for-6 with a walk in the ALDS, though he had plenty of company in that regard. Boone was not interested in fully explaining his decision or indicating whether the move had more to do with defense or offense, other than saying he thought about it on the plane ride home late Monday night and settled on a different lineup that had Volpe for Chisholm and José Caballero for Ryan McMahon. The manager said he did not have a conversation with Chisholm about taking him out of the lineup — which he also did for Game 1 of the wild-card series against Red Sox lefty Payton Tolle, but this one came against Rays right-hander Nick Martinez. “But we’re ready to go,” Boone said.“As I talked to these guys before the series, it’s going to take all of us.

… He’s ready to go.” Chisholm, a pending free agent who did not take the field for any pregame work, has had a maddeningly inconsistent run with the Yankees, one that is unlikely to continue beyond this year.He may have more talent and tools than almost any other player on the roster, most notably his speed, athleticism and power, but the Yankees have not been able to get that out of him regularly enough, especially this year. The 28-year-old hit only .2...