{"id":10362,"date":"2025-07-21T07:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10362\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T07:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:46:09","slug":"mlb-investigating-braves-coach-after-gesture-during-squabble-with-jazz-chisholm-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10362\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Investigating Braves Coach After Gesture During Squabble With Jazz Chisholm Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

The MLB is investigating<\/a> Atlanta Braves assistant coach Eddie P\u00e9rez after he apparently gestured towards his head while in the midst of a squabble with New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. during the Yankees’ 12\u20139 victory on Saturday night at Truist Park, according to The Athletic. <\/p>\n

The back-and-forth between P\u00e9rez and Chisholm<\/a> occurred in the sixth inning, and seemed to stem from the Yankees second baseman’s actions while he was standing on second base. Chisholm, in what is legal within the rulebook, appeared to be relaying signs to Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe while dancing off second base. <\/p>\n

The Yankees had done something similar<\/a> during a July 10 game against the Seattle Mariners. <\/p>\n

Evidently, P\u00e9rez took exception to Chisholm’s apparent sign-stealing. While standing on third base, Chisholm demonstratively exchanged words with P\u00e9rez. When he arrived back in the Yankees dugout after scoring New York’s sixth run of the game, a still-incensed Chisholm kept pointing at his own head and gesturing back at the Braves dugout. Yankees announcers Michael Kay and Joe Girardi wondered whether Chisholm felt P\u00e9rez was threatening that Atlanta may throw at his head the next time he stepped to the plate. <\/p>\n

But the Braves coach denied threatening Chisholm. <\/p>\n

“I was just saying, \u2018Be smart,\u2019” P\u00e9rez told MLB.com<\/a>. “I like that guy. He\u2019s one of my favorites. And he got mad about it. I don\u2019t know why he got mad about it. So I was like, \u2018Take it easy,\u2019 and he started doing some [stuff].”<\/p>\n

Yankees manager Aaron Boone, while speaking to reporters after Saturday’s game, made clear that if P\u00e9rez was indeed threatening Chisholm, that such a move has no place in baseball. <\/p>\n

“I hope it didn\u2019t, because obviously there\u2019s no place for that,” Boone told MLB.com. “And that\u2019s certainly something that would not be O.K. So I hope he didn\u2019t mean anything like that by it, because that would deserve some looking into.” <\/p>\n

It appears that MLB is doing its due diligence. <\/p>\n

Chisholm, for his part, declined to comment on the incident with P\u00e9rez on Saturday and again before the Yankees’ 4\u20132 win on Sunday. <\/p>\n

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