Chisholm confident Yankees will win title: 'We're World Series champions'

Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s latest bold prediction has New York winning the Fall Classic despite being only two games into the American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardians.

Chisholm's confidence is high after teammate Aaron Judge broke out of his playoff slump in Tuesday's Game 2 with a homer and three RBIs to give the Yankees a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

"We're World Series champions. No other doubt in my mind," Chisholm said prior to Thursday's Game 3 at Cleveland's Progressive Field, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. "I've been saying it from Day 1, and that's without him raking. He's starting to come together. And now I see it."

Chisholm already played the villain role during the American League Division Series when he said the Kansas City Royals "just got lucky" in a Game 2 victory over the Yankees in the Bronx. The 26-year-old was booed in Kansas City, but New York ended up taking the series 3-1. He also accused Maikel Garcia of intentionally trying to hurt Anthony Volpe while sliding into second base in Game 4 and called the Royals third baseman a "sore loser."

In late September, Chisholm acknowledged the Yankees had one goal in mind.

"We're not stopping until we get that ring," the 2022 All-Star said at the time. "That's what I've been hearing since I got here, and that's how I feel, too."

The winner of the New York-Cleveland matchup will face either the Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Mets in the World Series. L.A. owns a 2-1 lead in the National League Championship Series.