Yankees believe Jose Trevino ‘contributed' to Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s ejection, get revenge

New York Times

4 days ago

CINCINNATI — Before Wednesday's game against the Reds, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was asked what he thought of catcher Jose Trevino saluting his former teammates with his walk-up songs in back-to-back days.
In the first game of the series, Trevino's walk-up song was 'Hello' by Pop Smoke, the same song Aaron Judge uses at Yankee Stadium. Judge loved it and tipped his cap toward home plate when he realized what Trevino had done.
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On Tuesday, Trevino's walk-up song was Carlos Rodón's warm-up song, 'Rooster' by Alice In Chains. The question to Boone was meant to be a lighthearted moment toward a player who was a big part of the Yankees over the past few seasons as an All-Star and Platinum Glove Award winner.
'I'm a little down on Trevy right now,' Boone said. 'I think he contributed to the (Jazz Chisholm Jr.) ejection, too. I think he got Mark (Wegner) looking in that direction.'
In the moment, it seemed like Boone was being sarcastic. But once the cameras were off, Boone was serious.
The Yankees believed Trevino egged on Wegner before he threw Chisholm out of Tuesday's night's game. YES Network had video of Trevino standing in the Reds' on-deck circle speaking with Wegner and pointing in Chisholm's direction. Chisholm was still frustrated with himself for striking out in his previous at-bat, after feeling like he was robbed on a missed call that could have changed the outcome.
With Chisholm yelling at himself, Wegner ejected him from across the field, believing his anger was directed at him because of Trevino bringing awareness to him.
'I thought he wanted to talk to (Wegner),' Trevino said. 'I thought he was trying to get his attention, so I was just helping him out.'

Chisholm got his revenge Wednesday night.
In the third inning, the Yankees' third baseman blasted a 433-foot homer deep to right field off Reds starter Brady Singer, which gave New York a 3-0 lead at the time. After Chisholm touched home plate, he turned to Trevino and had a few friendly words for him.
'He was the one who kind of provoked the umpire for all that to happen, so I just told him that was for last night,' Chisholm said with a smile.
Trevino also did not take exception to Chisholm firing back in a friendly manner.
'I was his teammate. I'm not going to fight the guy,' Trevino said. 'It's baseball. I don't know what kind of answer you want me to say or anything like that. I was his teammate, so… I don't have anything against him. I think he's a good player.'
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Chisholm became aware that Trevino was an instigator when he walked into the Yankees' clubhouse Wednesday afternoon and they had the video waiting for him to watch. He wasn't upset that his former teammate ratted on him; he called it 'pretty funny,' but he wasn't going to let it slide, either.
Boone said before Wednesday's game that he spoke with the league office and Chisholm about the ejection, and he still believed that what transpired Tuesday did not warrant his third baseman getting tossed. But Boone also acknowledged that getting Chisholm to not let the umpires affect his game remains a work in progress.
'Jazz is an emotional guy,' Boone said. 'I think he understands and tries to rein that in some. That's still a work in progress. I think he understands how much we're all counting on him in that room to be able to stay in certain games.
'But that being said, I think there's a pretty strong case he should not have been thrown out of that game based on pretty much everything he did not say and really wasn't arguing a pitch. But we've got to move on from it, and hopefully grow from it.'
The Yankees salvaged the series against the Reds, 7-1, and remain one game up in the American League East over the Tampa Bay Rays. New York will have an off day on Thursday after playing 16 straight games, which they finished 7-9.
'I think everybody's gonna sleep 14 hours, especially me,' Chisholm said.
The Athletic's C. Trent Rosecrans contributed to this report.