TAMPA, Fla. – New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was suspended for one sport and fined by Main League Baseball on Friday following his ejection throughout a sport on the Tampa Bay Rays and violation of MLB’s social media coverage.
MLB senior vp of on-field operations Michael Hill introduced the choice.
Chisholm appealed, delaying any penalties till after a decision. He began at second base in New York’s 1-0 victory over Tampa Bay on Friday night time, going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.
Chisholm was ejected within the seventh inning on Thursday night time by plate umpire John Bacon when Chisholm argued after a referred to as third strike on a full-count pitch from Mason Montgomery that appeared low. It was his fifth profession ejection and first with the Yankees.
Chisholm then posted on his X account, “Not even … shut!!!!!” with a profanity combined in, then deleted the publish.
MLB’s laws ban the usage of digital gadgets throughout video games. The social media coverage prohibits “displaying or transmitting content material that questions the impartiality of or in any other case denigrates a serious league umpire.”
“I didn’t assume earlier than I had something that I mentioned was ejectable however after in all probability,” Chisholm mentioned after the sport. “I’m a competitor, so once I go on the market and I really feel like I’m proper and also you’re saying one thing to me that I feel doesn’t make sense, I’m going to get fired up and be upset.
“I misplaced my feelings. I misplaced my cool,” he added. “I received to be higher than that. … I’m positively mad at myself for shedding my cool.”
