Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday that Chisholm will be deployed at third base on the occasions he's needed to play the infield, Max Goodman of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.

EDGE Analysis

The Yankees acquired Chisholm from the Marlins on Saturday after he spent the first four-plus years of his major-league career in Miami. Chisholm will make his team debut Sunday in Boston, starting in center field and batting fifth. Though Chisholm has seen the majority of his starts in the outfield this season, his path to playing time in the outfield could become murkier when Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) returns from the injured list Monday. While Chisholm's prior professional experience in the infield has come at second base and shortstop, Boone and the Yankees' brain trust are apparently confident that the 26-year-old possesses the arm strength and athleticism to step in capably at third base. Assuming Chisholm is able to hold his own defensively at the hot corner, he could end up settling into a regular role at the position, given that the Yankees have gotten little production from third baseman DJ LeMahieu and Oswaldo Cabrera this season. Chisholm, meanwhile, turned in a .249/.323/.407 slash line with 13 home runs and 22 stolen bases over 101 games with the Marlins prior to being traded.