The New York Yankees have a massive hole in the middle of their lineup, and its name is Jazz Chisholm Jr. Rather than dumping every rally into that hole, Yankees manager Aaron Boone has to move it somewhere less consequential — such as ninth in the batting order.

Chisholm was ejected by plate umpire John Bacon in the eighth inning of the Yankees' 6-3 win over the Rays when he argued a called third strike on a pitch from Rays reliever Mason Montgomery that appeared low. It was the first time he was ejected from a game with the Yankees and the fifth ejection of his career.

The league punished Chisholm because he wrote “Not even f–king close” on X from inside the Yankees’ clubhouse moments after home plate umpire John Bacon tossed him for arguing balls and strikes on