During spring training, New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. made waves by publicly calling Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas “not a good person.”
The remark came after a tense exchange that revealed a clash between their personalities and playing styles during their time together with the Miami Marlins.
The Yankees third baseman had labeled Rojas as “not a good captain, not a good person, not even a good athlete at this point.”
Rojas elaborated on how those remarks inspired him this season in an exclusive interview with Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain.
“That motivation for me was ‘Okay, yeah, I know I’m not gonna be liked by everybody, and I don’t care.