Yankees' Jazz Chisholm backtracks on his controversial comments about Angels

Speaking with reporters after the game, Chisholm got asked about Verdugo’s performance and responded with [checks notes] a swipe at the Angels.

“He lives for this,” said Chisholm of Verdugo. “He’s played in big cities before. He played in Boston, he played in L.A., and I’m not talking about the Angels, you know what I mean?”

Chisholm’s comments were met with sharp backlash from Angels fans, especially since the Angels are sitting at home right now thousands of miles away and minding their own business. As a result, Chisholm issued a “my bad” in a post to his X page on Sunday.

“Didn’t mean to offend you Angels fans,” Chisholm wrote. “Sorry #lovedisney.”

The former All-Star Chisholm was probably just trying to be funny while referencing the fact that Verdugo has been on multiple playoff teams before (namely, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox). 

While Chisholm is entirely correct that the Angels have not been to the playoffs since 2014 (now the longest active postseason drought in MLB), there was probably no need to mention them there.

Chisholm is a bit of a newbie himself when it comes to playoff baseball as Saturday marked just his fourth career postseason game. But Chisholm and the Yankees definitely had luck on their side in Game 1 as it seems that they benefited from a bad call to win the game.