Chisholm Earns Second MLB All-Star Selection

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U.S.A. – Jazz Chisholm Jr. makes Bahamian baseball history once again and was rewarded for an impressive season thus far with his second all-star selection.

The versatile New York Yankees star was officially named to the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game as a reserve infielder for the American League. 

Chisholm’s previous All-Star appearance was in the national league with the Miami Marlins.

Through the first half, he’s posted a .245 batting average, with 15 home runs, 47 RBI, 18 stolen bases while maintaining an ops of .841. 

He also leads the Yankees in multi-hit games and is hitting over .300 with runners in scoring position. 

After suffering a right oblique strain that sidelined him from April 29 to early June, Chisholm rehabbed at double‑a somerset.

Since his return has been one of the most productive hitters in baseball.

Yankees Manager Aaron Boone credited Chisholm’s new “70 percent strategy” — trimming intensity to avoid injury and misfires. The bat speed went up, hard‑hit rates spiked, and the strikeout rate was lower.

Defensively, Chisholm has been a chameleon. He started the season at second base, shifted to third, and even saw time in the outfield.

The 2025 MLB All‑Star game is scheduled for Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. First pitch is set for 8pm.

Volleyball

We had a major announcement on international volleyball day – regional championship volleyball is set to return to The Bahamas.

Plans were officially launched earlier today as the country prepares to host the 2025 Cazova Caribbean Volleyball Championships, August 13-23 at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

Nine men’s teams and seven women’s teams are expected to compete and the tournament will serve as a qualifier for the Norceca Continental Championships.

Joining The Bahamas will be Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Track & Field

After an intense two days of combined events competition against the top junior track and field Athletes in the region, Team Bahamas had an impressive showing at the NACAC u13 and u15 championships.

Hosted in Managua, Nicaragua – the event features the heptahlon in the u15 division and pentahlon for the u13 division.

The eight member team finished second overall with points 27,972 points — just 21 points shy of Grenada’s winning total.

In the u15 mixed 4x100m relay – Jazae Johnson, Justin Shepherd, Symiah Strachan, and Emmile Higgins won gold in 45.74 secs – a new NACAC record.

The Bahamian contingent also finished among the top three in three age divisions. 

The u15 girls took first place in the standings – led by Johnson’s bronze medal performance with 4284 points, while Strachan finished tenth with 3713 points.

The u13 girls finished third in their division.

Miklya Sears took the silver medal with 2733 points, and Kian Duncombe was 9th with 2512 points.

In the u15 boys, Shepherd secured a tie for the silver medal with 5,002 points, matching Grenada’s Deshawn Oliver.

Higgins finished 14th with 4384 points.

Finally, in the u13 boys, Team Bahamas finished sixth overall.

Aiden Knowles was 13th with 2710 points and Antonio Hanna was 14th with 2634 points.