{"id":11866,"date":"2025-07-21T02:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11866\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T02:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:13:12","slug":"mlb-looking-into-possible-beanball-threat-by-eddie-perez-toward-jazz-chisholm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11866\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB looking into possible beanball threat by Eddie Perez toward Jazz Chisholm"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA \u2014 Major League Baseball is looking into Saturday night\u2019s kerfuffle between Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Eddie P\u00e9rez<\/a>, the Braves coach who pointed to his head while jawing with the Yankees infielder.<\/p>\n

The Yankees were under the impression that P\u00e9rez may have been saying something about throwing at Chisholm\u2019s head, though P\u00e9rez told reporters he was only telling Chisholm to \u201cbe smart,\u201d after Chisholm appeared to be relaying signs from second base to Anthony Volpe while he was batting, which is legal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it didn\u2019t [have to do with throwing at his head], because obviously there\u2019s no place for that,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said Sunday morning at Truist Park. \u201cThat\u2019s certainly something that would not be OK. I hope he didn\u2019t mean anything like that by it, because that would deserve some looking into.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was jawing with Braves coach Eddie Perez<\/p>\n

Yankees broadcasters Michael Kay and Joe Girardi believe Perez was threatening to have Jazz hit in the head pic.twitter.com\/Se7KU4tY5U<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Braves coach Eddie Perez (c.) points to his head during a spat with the Yankees\u2019 Jazz Chisholm on July 19, 2025. YES Network<\/p>\n

The league is in fact looking into it, a source told The Post, though it remains to be seen if anything will come of it. At the very least, there was no kind of carryover in Sunday\u2019s series finale, a 4-2 Yankees win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The normally loquacious Chisholm was not interested in discussing the matter either Saturday night or Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to ask about [Saturday], no comment,\u201d Chisholm said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Video showed that while Chisholm was taking a lead off second base in the sixth inning Saturday night, during a four-run rally, he was making hand motions, presumably to let Volpe know what pitch was coming from Rafael Montero. <\/p>\n

Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm points to his head after Braves coach Eddie Perez made the same gesture on July 19, 2025. YES Network<\/p>\n

The same thing happened just over a week ago when the Yankees noticed that Mariners closer Andr\u00e9s Mu\u00f1oz was tipping his pitches.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery team now, from the start of the year to the end, you\u2019re trying to find little advantages out there,\u201d Boone said. \u201cYou\u2019re trying to find little ways to help you win a ballgame. That\u2019s all within the parameters of the rules. Every team we play against is no different and we\u2019re not either. So you\u2019re constantly trying to find advantages where you can and where they present themselves in a certain game. That\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Braves coach Eddie Perez is pictured during a May game. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Typically teams will put the blame on themselves if their opponent is able to pick up on what pitches are coming and relay that to the batter.<\/p>\n

But when Chisholm got to third base, P\u00e9rez began talking to him from the Braves dugout, which included pointing to his head, which had Chisholm upset.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was just saying, \u2018Be smart,\u2019 \u201d P\u00e9rez said, per MLB.com. \u201cI 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].\u201d<\/p>\n

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