Jazz Chisholm’s night ended in the sixth inning Sunday, and the fallout kept rolling into Monday.
The Yankees second baseman was ejected during New York’s 5-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox after he argued that home plate umpire Adam Hamari should have checked with the third base umpire on a check swing third strike. Chisholm reacted by throwing his helmet in disgust after the ejection.
He then skipped the postgame media session, a decision that drew criticism from Michael Kay on his ESPN New York radio show. Kay called it a “really bad look.”
Anthony Rizzo, who used to play with Chisholm, also weighed in on NBC’s broadcast on Peacock and said it “shows a little bit of immaturity” for Chisholm Jr. to get tossed.
“You just have to be smarter there,” Rizzo said during NBC’s broadcast on Peacock. “Jazz is such a big part of this offense and they need to get him going and to get ejected there…it shows a little bit of immaturity there.
“The team’s scuffling, they need him in the lineup, and now he puts [Anthony] Volpe in a tough position coming in completely cold.”
The ejection added another rough moment to a week that already included criticism from manager Aaron Boone. Boone had taken issue with Chisholm having a lollipop in his mouth while playing defense, saying on the “Talkin’ Yankees” podcast that the incident “pisses me off.”
Chisholm later said he would not do it again, but he pushed back on Boone’s broader point.
“I don’t think it’s a bad look,” he said. “I’m playing a game, a kid’s game. I’m having fun.”
On the field, Chisholm is hitting .223/.306/.399 with 12 homers and 24 stolen bases through 80 games. He had said in spring training that he could have a 50/50 season, and Kay pointed out that he is still on pace for 28 homers and 45 stolen bases.
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