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Jazz Chisholm Jr. on April 28, 2026
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. is clearing the air about whether he wore an AirPod during a recent New York Yankees game.
After footage of the Yankees infielder, 28, playing with a white object visible in his ear circulated on social media, people wondered whether he had taken the field while wearing the wireless earpiece.
āIs that an airpod or like pitchcom,ā one X user asked alongside footage of Chisholm on the field as the Yankees took on the Texas Rangers. āIs that an AirPod?ā another person questioned on X.
It was not an AirPod, Chisholm revealed to The Athletic on Friday, May 1, adding that it was a wad of cotton, which he had inserted due to an injury.
The athlete told the outlet that a grounder struck and hurt him during an earlier Yankees-Rangers game on Monday, April 27. He suffered the injury when, as he attempted to stop a ball, it bounced off his glove and hit him in the head, and āit gave me an earache for like three or four days.ā
Jazz Chisholm Jr. clarified that he was not wearing an AirPod during the game and expressed his thoughts on the speculation in a recent interview.
He addressed the speculation in a new interview on May 1, 2026.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. did not specify what the object was, but he confirmed it was not an AirPod.
He responded by stating, 'All yall just aināt the smartest,' indicating his frustration with the rumors.
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. on April 24, 2026
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Chisholm said he stuffed the cotton into his right ear canal because his ear was āringing for like three days.ā
Though he could ābarely hear anything out of my right earā in the days after the injury, the second baseman did not miss any games due to the injury. He told The Athletic that he feels like the wound didnāt affect his abilities and as of Friday, he was āfeeling better.ā
The MLB star has worn AirPods while healing his injury, however ā just not on the baseball field.
He wore the bluetooth headphones on noise cancellation mode, sans music, while in the Yankees clubhouse on Friday to muffle the sounds around him, he told The Athletic.
But the allegation that he would take the field wearing them is a bit silly, he added. Reacting to the viral posts, the baseball pro told the outlet, āI think thatās not smart at all.ā
Jazz Chisholm Jr. playing on May 2, 2026
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āI think no umpire would let it go through. No coach would let that happen. You know what I mean?ā he continued. āI just feel like ⦠and you would have seen a phone in my back pocket or something. I mean, AirPods donāt reach that far. So for me, itās just like, I just didnāt think it was a smart thing. I feel like everything I do is on the media. I donāt mind it.ā
But at the end of the day, itās like water off a duckās back to the Yankees star: āIf you guys love me that much, s---. I donāt mind it. I have no problem with it,ā he said of the social media speculation.
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Chisholm also addressed the viral AirPod posts on social media, sharing an up-close shot of his cotton-filled ear on Instagram Stories along with a message for fans.
āAll yall just aināt the smartest,ā he wrote in the since-expired post, which has been reuploaded multiple times on X. He also added a shrugging and laughing emoji.
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