Jazz Chisholm appealing suspension over ‘emotional’ post-ejection umpire tirade

Jazz Chisholm Jr. got his point across Thursday night, but on Friday, he paid for it — with his wallet and potentially a game.

Major League Baseball hit Chisholm with a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine, Aaron Boone said, a day after the Yankees second baseman was ejected from the win over the Rays for arguing balls and strikes and then went back to the clubhouse and posted on social media about it before the game was over.

Chisholm was appealing the suspension so he could play Friday’s game at Steinbrenner Field.

“Not even f–king close!!!!!” Chisholm posted on X just minutes after he was tossed, then deleted it before the end of the night.

Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr., center, reacts after getting called out on strikes by home plate umpire John Bacon, left, during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Chisholm’s post violated league policy in that it was sent while the game was still being played and also may have fit the category of “denigrates a major league umpire.”

The 27-year-old had calmed down after the game but was still mad — both at home plate umpire John Bacon for making the call (and saying something to Chisholm that riled him up in the argument) and at himself for losing his cool.

“I feel like a lot of stuff hasn’t been going my way, but that doesn’t give me the excuse to go out there and act like that,” Chisholm said Thursday night. “I’m a ballplayer, I have emotions. I know I’ve acted like that in the past, but that’s what I’ve really worked on to the present now. … Everybody makes mistakes, but at the same time, I get emotional. I get emotional about a game, especially when I think I’m right.”