The New York Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs after the Tampa Bay Rays completed a 3-0 sweep in the American League Division Series with a 4-3 win at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn’t start on Wednesday. He entered the game as a pinch-hitter and went 0-for-2.
Yankees fans expressed their frustration with their favorite team and Chisholm’s underperformance by booing Chisholm and other players.
Following the game, Chisholm clearly wasn’t happy with the fans for booing him.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. was asked if it hurt to get booed by Yankees fans in ALDS Game 3:
“It doesn’t hurt. It’s just confusing because it’s the playoffs and we’re trying to win games. So you’re booing a guy that’s playing trying to help the team win”
“It doesn’t hurt. It’s just confusing because it’s the playoffs and we’re trying to win games. So you’re booing a guy that’s playing trying to help the team win”
Former Yankee first baseman Anthony Rizzo called out Chisholm for his response to the fans’ boos.
Anthony Rizzo Doesn’t Hold Back in Response to Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Comments After Rays’ Sweep
“Jazz Chisholm’s comments after the game; just looks like a player who’s lost. He says after the game, about being booed, ‘I don’t understand. I was confused why I was being booed.’ It surprises you that you got booed? What do you mean? You’ve played there for three-plus years now,” Rizzo said on the Ross & Rizzo Unfiltered Podcast.
“You’ve seen Volpe get ran out of town. You’ve seen Judge get booed. You’ve seen Stanton get booed. It surprises you that you got booed? That’s just not the right way to answer questions.”
Rizzo and Chisholm were teammates on the Yankees in 2024.
Looking at Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Chisholm is set to be a free agent this offseason.
Chisholm wasn’t in the starting lineup on Wednesday. He went 0-for-2 off the bench.
Chisholm went hitless in eight at-bats in this year’s postseason.
During the regular season, Chisholm slashed .231/.312/.399 with 19 home runs, 55 RBI and 41 stolen bases.
Anthony Rizzo Calls Out Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. Over Comments After Rays’ Sweep