TORONTO — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge doesn’t recognize being branded a possible cheater after he took a sideways peek earlier than hitting a 462-foot dwelling run in Toronto.

“I’ve got some choice words about that, but I’m just going to keep that off the record,” Judge mentioned earlier than Tuesday evening’s sport.

Across the diamond, Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider mentioned his workforce spoke to Major League Baseball in regards to the positioning of New York’s base coaches.

“There’s containers on the sphere for a cause,’ Schneider mentioned.

The commissioner’s workplace mentioned it was conscious of Monday’s scenario and might be being attentive to it, Toronto’s second-year supervisor mentioned.

Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned his workforce additionally had been in contact with MLB.

“Our understanding is that there will not be any kind of investigation because nothing that went on last night was against the rules,” Boone mentioned.

Houston was penalized for utilizing prohibited electronics to steal indicators en path to the 2017 World Series title. There isn't any rule prohibiting gamers and coaches from finding out opponents with eyes seeking an indication flashed too brazenly, or for particular person tendencies and tells.

Judge mentioned he was upset on the suggestion he was benefitting from signal stealing after the Toronto tv broadcast picked up his sideways look throughout his eighth inning at-bat in opposition to right-hander Jay Jackson.

“I’m not happy about it, but people can say what they want,” Judge mentioned. “I’ve still got a game to play, I’ve got things I’ve got to do. I told you guys what happened and everybody else can make their own story about it if they want.”

Schneider mentioned it’s as much as his gamers to verify they don’t inadvertently give away pitch places or indicators.

“What’s fair is fair, I think, and if our guys are giving stuff away, we have to be better at that,” Schneider mentioned. “If things are being picked up from people that aren’t in places they should be, that’s where I think the line should be drawn.”

Schneider was then requested whether or not he was particularly involved about the place opposing base coaches stand.

“Every team kind of has their guard up on that,” Schneider mentioned. “It’s easy to look at a runner at second when you’re hitting, tough to look into the dugout. Probably a little bit easier to look at a coach. There’s boxes on the field for a reason. When it’s a glaring 30 feet where you’re not in that spot, you kind of put two and two together a little bit.”

After Monday’s sport, Judge mentioned he regarded into his dugout to see which of his teammates was disrupting his at-bat by yelling at plate umpire Clint Vondrak. Vondrak had simply ejected Boone for arguing a low strike name to Judge.

Schneider mentioned he didn’t assume a lot of Judge’s clarification.

“I’m not in the business of buying post-game media,” Schneider mentioned. “It’s a really accomplished hitter who won the MVP last year. I know that he means nothing but business and wants to win. I just found it a little funny that he was worrying about his dugout while he was in the batter’s box.”

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