Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham catches up with Steve Serby for some Q&A during a breakout season. Q: Center field is a prestigious position at Yankee Stadium. A: I dont think theres really any position thats not prestigious for the Yankees, but yes, it is. Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Q: How would you describe what its like being a Yankee? A: I love it because it kind of simplifies everything. Sometimes the big leagues gets a little bit more about everything but baseball. Here its very simple its were here to win. Its very busine s mentality, very straight cut, theres no ifs, ands or buts about it, were here to win every night, and you can either get on that page or you can go somewhere else. Q: What is it like playing on the New York stage? A: Its the pinnacle of sports and media in the world, so theres a lot of pre sure, but thats also what makes it a lot of fun. Q: Your baseball dream started at age 3. What do you remember about those early first days? A: (Chuckle) What my mom tells me. First word was ball, and wanted to play T-Ball starting at the age of 3, and really didnt stop wanting to do that any day after that. Q: What drives you? A: I love the game. That drives me. I would say my childhood dream drives me. And obviously, I honestly just want to see what Im capable of. Ive been told since I was young that I had ability and potential and all those other things that people say, but at the end of the day, I want to see where I stand in the league at the end of my career, just to see what I can get out of my capabilities. Q: How would you sum up your major league career to this point? A: Unfinished. Explore More Q: What has been the emotional low point for you in the major leagues? A: It had to be probably middle of 23 in San Diego, maybe early to the middle of the season. I just got into a bad place where I was thinking negatively a lot more often than I want to admit, and it just kind of spiraled into a bad place. Meaning I was playing very fearfully on the field. Was thinking, Dont do this, dont do that, as opposed to just playing the game and having fun, and treating it as a game. Q: Did it turn out to be a valuable le son for you? Or is it something you battle all the time? A: I wouldnt say I battle it all the time anymore, it was something I had to work out of. Its a very fearful mentality, worry about what was going to happen instead of staying in the present moment, let my ability come out. I would say its something that I have to constantly work at to stay in the right frame of mind, just because this game is hard. Youre playing against the best players in the world for 180 straight days. Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham reacts after he hits a double during the seventh inning in the Bronx, New York, Thursday, June 19, 2025 JASON SZENES/NY POST Q: What is the importance of sports psychologists for you? A: Ive always kind of been in love with the mind, the role it plays in sports, and baseball in particular. And I kind of fell in love with it at a young age when I was 18 I just kind of saw it as a separator. Physically, I wasnt the biggest guy, I wasnt the fastest guy, was always a good player but I always felt that what set me apart was I just wanted it more, and I was willing Richard Hamilton Jersey to think differently than other people, and I think that that gave me my edge. I kind of took it to the first couple of years of the minor leagues, maybe the first year, year-and-a-half, and then kind of forgot about my love for it. I didnt really pay much mind to it, maybe kind of got involved with more of what everybody else talks about the swing and what pitchers are trying to do and all the different metrics. But kind of re-fell in love with it, got back to it, reminded myself of how important it was to me. Q: Describe the 2022 National League wild card series at Citi Field while with the Padres when you went 4-for-8 with two homers over three games. A: I was in a bad place mentally throughout the year. They came to me about a week left in the season, wed already clinched, so I played the final three days of the season. I got benched in September. I kind of treated it like I did in 2019 and said, Im just going to go try to free myself up mentally and do what Ive always done, as opposed to what mechanical change or anything that I was doing that kind of got me into a bad place. So I just kind of freed myself going into that and ended up having a great three days, played well, had some big hits, some big homers. It was a lot of fun. CHECK OUT THE AND Q; How did you free yourself up? A: By telling myself Im going to hit the way that I taught myself how to hit when I was younger as opposed to trying whatever I was trying that year. Q: What do you remember about the Joe Musgrove sticky substance controversy in Game 3? A: I dont really remember much about it other than the [Hold My Ear] T-shirts that they had made (laugh). Had something to do with his ear, that was really about it. Q: Then beating the Dodgers in the NLDS? A: Well, we got beat up pretty bad the entire time I was there during the regular season. Then they beat us in 20 in the postseason, so it felt like we were always kind of the Dodgers little brother in San Diego at the time. To beat them and send them home when it mattered meant a lot to us, and to the city, too. Trent Grisham #2 of the San Diego Padres reacts after hitting a home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the fourth inning in game three of the National League Division Series at PETCO Park on October 14, 2022. Getty Images Q: Describe the time you ran headfirst into the outfield wall in your second game in the minors. A: I was going back on a ball, tripped, and instead of kind of going down, I tripped probably a couple of steps before the warning track. I kind of held myself up, thinking that I could like regain my balance and make the play, but I kind of ran into the wall first. I think I stood up, pa sed back out, got taken out on a stretcher, ambulance came onto the field and everything. Scared everybody but ended up being just 14 days on the concu sion IL and then right back at it. Q: Did you think you might be done as a baseball player? A: The thought cro sed my mind, but it turned out it was just a concu sion. Q: You said at the time, They thought my neck might be broken. A: The key word they I didnt think my neck was broken. I thought I was fine. I was trying to stay in the game. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Q: They strapped you to a stretcher, right? A: I got up and then pa sed out probably 10 minutes later and dont remember much. This is all from the coaches and teammates recollection. I dont remember that 10 minutes. It wasnt even 10 minutes, it was five minutes that I was petitioning. Q: You were unconscious for how long? A: It was anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes, and then the first thing I remember vaguely is being put on the stretcher and someone over me, like a paramedic over me. Q: Your head was swollen for a long time. A: I couldnt wear a hat for, like, probably a week-and-a-half. Q: How did it feel to be back on the field? A: I was 18, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, ready to play pro ball. I only got to play one game, so Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham #12 is greeted by his teammates in the dugout after he scores on his two-run homer. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Q: Describe your on-field mentality. A: Try to be as relaxed as po sible. Try to play as freed up as I can. And I just try to play aggre sively on both sides of the ball. A defensive coach in San Diego once told me he used to tell his infielders he liked them to play offense on defense, like attacking balls, and I always liked that, it kind of resonated with me. Q: What does it take to be a Gold Glove outfielder? A: I think that mentality. You got to love it, you got to want to do it. I remember when I was younger, in the minor leagues, I just didnt want to play outfield defense, it was boring, theres nobody out there. But once I kind of took that mentality later in my minor league career of caring about it and wanting to attack it, it just became a lot more fun for me to get myself in that headspace. Q: Best baseball moment? A: First hit was pretty cool seventh inning in the Dodgers-Padres, I think it was Game 5 in San Diego for the [Division Series] in 22, that was a lot of fun. That was like the loudest environment that Id been in. Getting drafted. Theres a lot of really good ones. Q: Worst baseball moment? A: 2019 wild-card game [Padres against the Nationals]. I made the error to send us home and lose it, so that was pretty tough on me at the time. Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham reacts after a single. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Q: Hows fatherhood? A: A lot of fun. Ive always wanted to be a dad. I always knew that growing up, so for it to come to fruition its really more taking care of Mama right now than anything. I get to do all the fun stuff like hold the baby, try to make him smile. Q: Ezekiel was born April 21. Does he have your personality yet? A: Yeah. Stone pan face all the time, doesnt smile a lot. Not a lot of facial expre sions yet. Q: Hows your diaper game? A: Pretty good. They blow out still, but I get them in there nice and tight. Trent Grisham (r) hit a pivotal home run to help the Padres eliminate the Mets. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Q: Tell me about your wife, Megan. A: Shes a sweetheart. Very down-to-earth, really, really good person. Very kind, very caring, very empathetic. Shes just the best. Q: Do you remember where you took her on your first date? A: I dont remember the first date, I remember the first day I asked her to go out with me. We were 13 or 14, and we were at one of our friends pools. I was kind of scared my other three buddies that were at the party would make fun of me, so I kind of snuck around a tree and asked her to go out with me. I wanted it to be private with us. Q: Where did you take her? A: The first one I really remember was taking her to Saltgra s Steakhouse. Q: Tell me about your mother, Michelle. A: One of the toughest women I know loyal caring she basically raised me and my brother kind of alone with a little help. Shes awesome. Q: She drove your truck acro s the country? A: (Laugh) Yeah, she heard about how expensive it was to ship my truck, and she said, Theres no point in doing that. I want to come see Opening Day anyway. Ill just come out every spring and drive it to wherever you go. She drove it from Arizona spring training to Appleton, Wis. Trent Grisham hits a two-run homer for the Yankees. JASON SZENES/NY POST Q: Did you know your father growing up? A: Yeah, I knew him growing up. He just wasnt around much. Q: Did that bother you? A: Im sure it bothers any kid, yeah. You want to know your dad, and I didnt really know him. Q: Does your wife remind you of your mother? See Also hardball A: Not really. My wife is sweet-natured, my mom is more direct, more hard-nosed, more straightforward. Q: Explain her reaction when she found out you wanted to change your last name from Clark to Grisham. A: She was honored, I think is kind of the best way to describe it. She was very emotional and excited. Q: Three dinner guests? A: Stan Musial, Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby. Q: Why Musial? A: Kind of my favorite player. Obviously an unbelievable great player, played for over 20 years. But when you read anything about him or hear anything about him, no one could say anything bad about the man, the way he lived his life, the kind of person he was, the man he was off the field. Q: Why Doby? A: Because Larry Doby went through the same thing that Jackie went through right around the same time, and was going to a lot more southern cities, so it wasnt getting much pre s. Which means you can probably a sume that it was probably worse for him. Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham (12) catches a hit by Texas Rangers Sam Haggerty (0) in the fifth inning at Yankee Stadium, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Q: Favorite movie? A: About Time. Me and my wife watched it for the first time together and we both loved it. Q: Favorite singer/entertainer? A: Hudson Westbrook. Q: Favorite meal? A: Since being in New York, its 4 Charles burger. Q: How did you get in to that place? A: Through a guy on the team, helped us out. Trent Grisham celebrates a win. Getty Images Q: Favorite golfer? A: Scottie Scheffler. Q: Favorite golf course? A: Peachtree in Atlanta. Q: Whats your handicap? A: Right now, its a six. Q: Favorite Dallas Cowboy? A: Dak [Prescott]. Q: How about growing up? A: Jason Witten. Q: Favorite New York City things? A: Central Park. I love walking around Central Park. Q: Whatever comes to mind: Aaron Judge. A: Captain, every sense of the word. Q: When you watch him in the batters box, what sticks out to you? A: Hes bigger than everybody. Theres so many things trying to distract him, pulling him away from baseball, and hes able to lock in every night, and thats really fun to watch. Trent Grisham homers for the Yankees. JASON SZENES/NY POST Q: Max Fried. A: Very busine slike, Id say like very Yankee-like kind of without being a Yankee before. Q: Devin Williams. A: Quiet, goes about his busine s, kind of loud, emphatic on the mound, but quiet off the mound. Q: Is this a World Series team? A: Yes. Q: Why? A: Because were really good. Mason Plumlee Jersey