Jazz Chisholm Jr. Tearing into Royals’ Maikel Garcia for Tagging Him Hard Doesn’t Sit Well with Fans: “Such a Diva”

Jazz Chisholm Jr. ignited his feud with Maikel Garcia and vented out his frustration after the Royals' star applied a hard tag on him on Tuesday.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. Tearing into Royals’ Maikel Garcia for Tagging Him Hard Doesn’t Sit Well with Fans: “Such a Diva”

Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Maikel Garcia (Image via Yardbarker/Yahoo Sports)

On Tuesday, Jazz Chisholm Jr. once again had some issues with Kansas City Royals’ Maikel Garcia. The New York Yankees star got tagged hard at third base by Garcia. Chisholm Jr. would later tear into him, which did not sit well with the fans.

Chisholm Jr. has become public enemy No.1 in Kansas following his comments last year. The Royals and the Yankees met each other in the American League Division Series (ALDS) in 2024. After losing Game 2 of that series, the Yankees star claimed that the Royals “got lucky“.

Things heated up between Garcia and Chisholm Jr. last year in this series. After the Yankees won the series in Game 4, Chisholm Jr. claimed that Garcia had tried to injure Anthony Volpe, the Yankees’ shortstop.

The crowd at the Kauffman Stadium in Kansas would rain down heavy boos each time Chisholm Jr. took to the batter’s box. Later in the game, he would try to steal third base and get into a scoring position.

Royals’ catcher Freddy Fermin would throw the ball towards Maikel Garcia at third base. The 3B would then attempt to tag out his opponent. While doing so, he would make a hard tag and knock off the helmet of Chisholm Jr. from his head.

The former Miami Marlins star did not like this and was seen venting his frustration towards Garcia. He was later taken out of the game due to neck tightness, as his neck collided with the knee of the Royals’ third baseman.

While speaking with the reporters after the game, the 27-year-old believed that there was some sort of malice behind that tag from Garcia.

I just feel like every time we have a problem, it’s always been him (Garcia). That’s the only reason I was so frustrated. And then to even see that he didn’t even have the ball for the way that he tagged me, it was just, I didn’t like it.

Social media reacts to Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s reaction in game against Royals

As the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals took to the field on Tuesday, several eyes were on Jazz Chisholm Jr. following his previous comments. He once again came in the spotlight after his furious reaction against Maikel Garcia.

Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (Image via Imago)

Chisholm Jr. did not appreciate the hard tag applied by Garcia. He proceeded to drop a huge reaction. Fans on social media were not pleased with the antics of him from this game.

On X, several fans slammed Chisholm Jr. for his behavior. One user wrote, “Such a diva,” as these actions from him did not sit well with them.

Check out that and some more reactions from fans on below:

Chisholm Jr. marked his return to the team a few days ago. After a strong start to the season with the use of the torpedo bats, his form declined a bit. He would then get injured and was forced to sit out for a while.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. claimed that there should be more ‘trash talk’ in baseball

Jazz Chisholm Jr. caught some strays from MLB fans on Tuesday for his furious reaction to a hard tag from Maikel Garcia. One reason the fans took a swipe at him was because he recently claimed that there should be more ‘trash talk’ in baseball.

Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (Image via Imago)

This message from him came through a tweet he made on X. It came after the Boston Red Sox’s rookie pitcher Hunter Dobbins made some bold comments. The 25-year-old pitcher claimed that he would rather retire than sign a contract with the Yankees. These comments from the pitcher came before his first start against the Bronx Bombers on Sunday.

Chisholm Jr. seemed to have been fired up with this. To spice things up even further, the former All-Star expressed there should be more trash talking in baseball.

I think there should be more trash talk in baseball!!! Anyone agrees!? Anyway free smoke at 7

While Dobbins conceded a two-run home run to Aaron Judge in the first inning, he ended up having the last laugh in this game. The Red Sox would come back to win the game 11-7 and win the 3 game series against their arch-rivals.

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