DETROIT — The latest chapter of Jazz being Jazz has seemingly irked his manager more than the rest.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. spent the bottom of the fifth inning Monday night sucking on a green lollipop while playing second base in a game the Yankees began the frame trailing the Tigers 4-1.
Besides being a potential physical hazard if the ball had been hit to Chisholm or he was involved in a play (neither happened), it was a bad look with the Yankees on their way to a third straight loss at Comerica Park.
“That pisses me off,” Boone said Tuesday on his weekly Talkin’ Yanks podcast appearance.
Chisholm often walks to the beat of his own drum, and the Yankees have encouraged him to show his personality since he arrived at the 2024 trade deadline.
But he has sometimes tested the limits of that, with this episode marking the latest example and likely earning Chisholm a closed-door talk with Boone.
The 28-year-old pending free agent had a slow start to the season, but was much better in May before a quieter June.
After going 1-for-4 with two strikeouts Monday night, he entered Tuesday batting .226 with a .716 OPS, 11 home runs and 23 steals — on pace for 23 home runs and 48 steals, well short of his stated goal of 50-50 entering the season.