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Houston Astros Center defender Taylor Trammell confiscated his bat during the ninth round of the 8-4 defeat of the team against New York Yankees on Thursday in Daikin Park.
Trammell, 27, snatched a double of the Yankees closer to David Bednar at the top of the ninth round, and the manager Aaron Boone asked the referees to take a look at the bat.
Marble referee Adrian Johnson gathered the bat and the four referees converged to discuss. Johnson also communicated with the rereading office of Major League Baseball in New York before putting the bat to an official, which won.
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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, Center, looks at a bat belonging to Taylor Trammell (26) from the Astros de Houston with the marble referee Adrian Johnson, on the left, and Ramon of Jesus, on the right, during the ninth round of a baseball match. The match was in Houston, Texas on September 4, 2025. (AP photo / Karen Warren)
“It was just something that we noticed this series and asked the League,” Boone told journalists after the match, via ESPN. “You are not allowed to do anything at your bat. I am not saying it was. I … we noticed, and the league thought it may be illegal too.”
“Decoloration was on the label, like. I don’t know if it was just natural or if it was sand … I don’t know. I don’t want to accuse Taylor. I don’t say anything unfortunate or something else.”
Trammell has played five games for Yankees last season, and 106 with the Triple-A of the Yankees affiliate, the Railriders scranton / Wilkes-Barre.
Trammell said he had a lot of “respect” for Boone but “does not understand” why his bat was checked.
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Referee Adrian Johnson (80) and the Ramon referee of Jesus (18) examine a bat belonging to Taylor Trammell (26) of the Houston astros during the ninth round against the New York Yankees in Daikin Park. The match was in Houston, Texas on September 4, 2025. (Alex Slitz / Getty Images)
“My stay there, I had a lot of respect for Boonie. He was straight with me,” Trammell told journalists after the match, via ESPN. “In this situation, I really don’t understand it. I don’t understand it.”
Astros voltiseur said he was told that the Yankees thought that his bat was “too shaved”.
“To be honest, I don’t know how you shave a bat. I don’t know what it is,” said Trammell.
“My biggest problem is that I feel a kind of defensive right now, even more (it’s) to test my character, like, I’m going to do it willingly.
Referee Adrian Johnson (80) and the Ramon referee of Jesus (18) examine a bat belonging to Taylor Trammell (26) of the Houston astros during the ninth round against the New York Yankees in Daikin Park. The match was in Houston, Texas on September 4, 2025. (Alex Slitz / Getty Images)
The Yankees maintained the victory and won the victory of the series because they won two of the three games in the series. The Bronx Bombers (78-62) start a hinge against the Blue Jays in Toronto (81-59) Friday at 7:05 p.m. he.
The Blue Jays led the Yankees by three games in the American League East.
The Astros (77-64) then play the Texas Rangers (72-69) Friday at 8:05 pm.
