Grish accepted the one-year, $22.025 million qualifying offer from the Yankees on Tuesday, Jorge Castillo of ESPN.com reports.
The 29-year-old had a breakout 2025 with 34 homers and an .812 OPS in 143 regular-season games, and it's not a major surprise he accepted the qualifying offer given that he had a .651 OPS across the previous three seasons. Grisham should be back in center field for the Yankees in 2026, though it would be a bit surprising if he replicated the elite power production.
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Trent Grisham: Given qualifying offer
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The Yankees extended a one-year, $22.05 million qualifying offer to Grisham on Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com
Grisham, off the heels of a breakout 2025 campaign, will now have to decide whether to accept the option or pursue a deal in free agency. The veteran outfielder hit 34 homers during the regular season after never having previously hit more than 17 in a year, while his OPS jumped to .812 after not logging a figure higher than .675 in the three prior seasons. Thursday's move means the Yankees will receive draft compensation if the left-handed outfielder leaves in free agency.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Out of Friday's lineup
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Grisham is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest against the Orioles.
The left-handed-swinging Grisham will take a seat as the Orioles send lefty Trevor Rogers to the bump. Cody Bellinger will slide over to center field and Austin Slater will receive a start in left field.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Up to 34 homers
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Grisham went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, an additional run and two walks in an 8-1 win over the White Sox on Wednesday.
Grisham added to New York's lead with a two-run blast to center field in the eighth inning. The veteran outfielder has racked up 34 home runs on the campaign -- twice as many as his previous career-high mark, which he established in 2022 with San Diego. Grisham has also set career highs in RBI (74) and runs scored (84), and his .819 OPS is on pace to be his best as a pro as well.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Taking seat Friday
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Grisham is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest in Baltimore.
The left-handed-hitting Grisham started against a lefty in Thursday's series opener, but he'll take a seat Friday as the Orioles send southpaw Trevor Rogers to the bump. Cody Bellinger will hold down center field for the Yankees.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Goes yard twice Wednesday
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Grisham went 2-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in Wednesday's 10-5 win over the Twins.
Grisham now has seven multi-homer games for his career, and five of them have come in 2025. Perhaps even more remarkably, three of these efforts have occurred in his last 26 outings (112 plate appearances), during which Grisham is slashing .223/.339/.606 with 12 round trippers, 25 RBI and two stolen bases to boost his OPS to a career-high .825 for the year.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Blasts 31st homer
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Grisham went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 10-9 win over the Twins.
Grisham played a big part in Tuesday's slugfest, pacing the Yankees with three RBI. The center fielder is putting together a career-best season, slashing .238/.347/.465 with nine doubles, a triple, 31 homers and 67 RBI through 133 games. The homer and RBI did both break a rare nine-game drought where Grisham was shut out in both categories.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Taking seat versus lefty
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Grisham is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
With ace southpaw Garrett Crochet on the bump for Boston, Grisham will head to the bench along with fellow left-handed hitters Ryan McMahon and Austin Wells. Grisham's absence will open up a spot in the outfield for Austin Slater, who will cover right field and bat leadoff.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Clubs 30th homer
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Grisham went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and a second run scored in Thursday's 8-4 win over the Astros.
Grisham blew the game open with his eighth-inning blast, which secured his first 30-homer campaign. He's also set a new personal best with 64 RBI this year. The outfielder has surged in recent weeks, swatting nine of his 30 long balls over his last 15 games. He's settled in as the Yankees' leadoff hitter versus right-handed pitchers, batting .247 with an .840 OPS across 123 contests.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Launches another grand slam
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Grisham went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and a second run scored in Tuesday's 7-1 win over the Astros.
For the second time in his last four games, Grisham delivered a grand slam. He's also racked up eight homers and 15 RBI across his last 13 games despite batting a modest .277 (13-for-47) in that span. The veteran outfielder is hitting .248 with an .841 OPS, 29 homers, 61 RBI, 73 runs scored and three stolen bases across 121 contests this season. Aside from steals, he's tracking toward a career year in most areas.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Hits grand slam in rout
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Grisham went 1-for-4 with a grand slam, a walk, an additional run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 10-2 win over the White Sox.
Grisham scored the game's first run after swiping third in the first inning before breaking things open with a grand slam in the fourth. He's now homered in three straight games and has gone deep seven times in 10 contests since Aug. 20. For the year, the 28-year-old is slashing .248/.354/.482 with 28 homers, 57 RBI, 70 runs and two steals across 475 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Continues power surge
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Grisham went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Thursday's 10-4 win over the White Sox.
Grisham has clubbed six homers among 10 total hits over his last nine games, adding seven RBI in that span. The outfielder's power surge has him up to 27 long balls this season, 10 more than he's had in any other year in his career. He's racked up 53 RBI, 68 runs scored, nine doubles, one triple, one stolen base and a .248/.354/.476 slash line through 117 games in 2025.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Leads off with homer Wednesday
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Grisham went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 11-2 win over Washington.
Grisham set the tone right away for New York, swatting a 334-foot solo shot to open the bottom half of the first inning on a day when the Yankees ended up with six long balls as a team. The veteran outfielder continues to build on a career-best campaign, and through 24 games in August he's posted an .881 OPS with eight homers, 11 RBI, 17 runs, a stolen base and a 15:19 BB:K. Grisham has already blown away his previous career-best mark with 26 home runs this season, and on Wednesday he matched his previous best mark by scoring his 67th run of the campaign.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Goes yard twice in win
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Grisham went 3-for-5 with two solo home runs in Wednesday's 6-4 extra-inning win over the Rays.
Long balls in the first and eighth innings contributed to another Yankees barrage, and per Andy Nesbitt of SI.com, they're the first team since the 1999 Reds to launch 14 homers over a two-game span. Grisham has already blown past his previous high for home runs in a season, slugging 23 in 109 contests. Through 17 games in August he's slashing .262/.368/.492 with five homers, eight RBI and 13 runs.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Crosses plate four times in win
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Grisham went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and a walk in Saturday's win over the Cardinals.
Grisham didn't drive in any runs of his own Saturday, but he still made his presence felt by crossing the plate four times. It was the second time this season the center fielder notched four hits in a game, with the first coming June 25. The 28-year-old has kept his strong season rolling into August, slashing .269/.377/.442 with three homers and six RBI across 14 games this month.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Plays hero Saturday
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Grisham went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Astros.
The center fielder came up clutch, getting hold of a Bryan King fastball in the bottom of the eighth inning and launching it into the second deck in right field to break a 4-4 tie. Grisham continues to add to his career-high homer total of 21, and four of them have come in the last 10 games, a stretch in which he's batting .258 (8-for-31) with a steal, six RBI and seven runs.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Smacks 19th homer Friday
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Grisham went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run, two additional runs scored and a walk in Friday's 13-12 loss to the Marlins.
Grisham added his 19th homer of the season, and he crossed the plate at least three times on his second occasion this year. Aaron Judge's (elbow) absence has helped solidify Grisham's everyday role, although the latter has done well in his own right to maintain that status. Across his last 30 contests, Grisham has slashed .272/.375/.495 with six big flies, five doubles and 15 RBI.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Leading off in third straight game
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Grisham will start in center field and bat leadoff in Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.
Grisham has produced a .949 OPS so far this month, and manager Aaron Boone will reward him by including him in the lineup as the leadoff man for a third consecutive matchup with a right-handed pitcher (Chris Bassitt). The outfielder had seemingly moved into more of a part-time role against righties in recent weeks, but Grisham could see more opportunities while Jasson Dominguez -- who has gone 0-for-16 with six strikeouts in his last four games -- continues to slump.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Swats late grand slam
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Grisham went 2-for-5 with a double, a grand slam, an additional RBI and an additional run scored in Saturday's 12-9 win over Atlanta.
Grisham crushed a go-ahead grand slam off Raisel Iglesias in the ninth inning to lift his team to victory. The center fielder has been a surprise contributor for the Yankees in 2025, posting a .255/.357/.476 slash line with 26 extra-base hits and 38 RBI through 81 games after holding an OPS below .700 in each of the previous three regular seasons. Despite that, he's fallen into less of an everyday role lately, with Jasson Dominguez becoming a fixture in left field.
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Yankees' Trent Grisham: Sitting against southpaw
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Grisham is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.
Grisham will take a seat while the Cubs send a lefty (Shota Imanaga) to the hill for the series finale, but the left-handed-hitting outfielder has also been seeing his playing time against right-handed pitching trend down of late. He's been on the bench for three of the Yankees' last four matchups against righties, with manager Aaron Boone seemingly prioritizing Jasson Dominguez in the lineup over Grisham.
