ATLANTA – Always eager to speak his mind, Jazz Chisholm Jr. took a different approach following the Yankees’ 12-9 win over the Braves on Saturday.
Rather than talk about an in-game verbal confrontation between him and Braves coach Eddie Pérez, the Yankees’ second baseman declined to comment when approached by reporters. Aaron Boone didn’t have specifics on the incident, but he felt Major League Baseball should investigate the situation.
“I know they were saying some things that will probably be looked at, and should be,” Boone said.
The Yankees manager was then asked if the Braves were saying Chisholm should be hit in the head, as Pérez could be seen pointing at his own skull in Atlanta’s dugout during the interaction.
Boone, “I don’t know exactly what was said, but they were talking about stuff like that, yeah.”
Jazz Chisholm and Braves coach Eddie Perez exchanged words during the commercial break.
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Pérez, however, denied that allegation.
Instead, Pérez said he saw Chisholm relaying signs from second base during Anthony Volpe’s sixth-inning at-bat, according to MLB.com’s Mark Bowman. When Pérez pointed to his head, he claimed he was telling Chisholm, “Think.”
“I was just saying, ‘Be smart,’” Pérez added. “I like that guy. He’s one of my favorites. And he got mad about it. I don’t know why he got mad about it. So, I was like, ‘Take it easy’, and he started doing some [stuff].”
Video replay showed Chisholm repeatedly gesturing with his hands and arms during Volpe’s at-bat, which featured Rafael Montero on the mound and resulted in a sac fly.
Here’s some video from Anthony Volpe’s 6th inning at-bat. Would appear Jazz Chisholm Jr. was signaling with his hands and arms from second base. The #Yankees were recently caught tipping against the #Mariners. #Braves pic.twitter.com/Y9MzTw7BMP
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The Yankees lacked subtlety as they relayed signs in a recent game against the Mariners, too, as Seattle picked up on some animated waves from second base during a July 10 game at Yankee Stadium. Closer Andrés Muñoz had been tipping his slider, and the Yankees used some empathic motions to relay the pitch.
“I don’t know anything about that,” Boone, making little effort to be convincing, said when asked about Muñoz tipping the next day.
Relaying signs, when done through natural means, is perfectly legal in baseball, and it’s incumbent on teams to make sure their pitchers are not tipping. However, the practice can rile opponents up.
With that in mind and the Yankees wanting to maintain the advantage of knowing what’s coming, it would be to their benefit to be a little less obvious when relaying signs in the future.
