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Houston Astros Center Fielder Taylor Trammell got his bat confiscated in the ninth lap of the team’s 8-4 loss to New York Yankees on Thursday at Daikin Park.
Trammell, 27, tore a double from Yankee’s closer David Bednar at the top of the ninth lap, and manager Aaron Boone Bad Umpires to look at Bats.
Home Plate Umpire Adrian Johnson Total Bats, and all four referees converged to discuss. Johnson also communicated with Major League Baseball’s Replay Office in New York before handing over bats to an official who took it away.
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New York Yankees -Manager Aaron Boone, Center, looks at a bat belonging to Taylor Trammell (26) from Houston Astros with home plate -umpire Adrian Johnson, Left, and Ramon de Jesus, to the right, under the ninth indoor of a baseball game. The game was in Houston, Texas, September 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)
“It was just something we noticed this series and asked the league,” Boone told journalists after the game via ESPN. “You aren’t allowed to do anything with your bat. I’m not saying he was. I just … We noticed, and the league thought it might be illegal too.”
“The discoloration was on the label, like. I don’t know if it was just natural or whether it was true … I don’t know. I don’t want to accuse Taylor. I don’t say anything inappropriate or whatever.”
Trammell played five matches for Yankees last season, and 106 with Yankees’ Triple-A-affiliated company, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders.
Trammell said he has a lot of “respect” for Boone but does not “understand” why his bats were controlled.
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Umpire Adrian Johnson (80) and Judge Ramon de Jesus (18) are investigating a bat that belongs to Taylor Trammell (26) from Houston Astros during the ninth lap against New York Yankees in Daikin Park. The game was in Houston, Texas, September 4, 2025. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
“My time over there I had a lot of respect for boonie. He was right up with me,” Trammell told journalists postgame via ESPN. “In that situation, I really don’t understand it. I don’t understand it.”
Astros Outfielder said he was told that Yankees thought his bat was “shaved too much.”
“To be honest, I have no idea how to shave down a bat. I don’t know what it is,” said Trammell.
“My biggest problem is that I feel a little defensive right now, more (it’s) testing my character of, like, I will willingly do it. I’m a little lost on that thing. I think if someone knows me, I know I will never cheat any twists or something like it. I have no idea. It’s confusing to me it was even controlled.
Umpire Adrian Johnson (80) and Judge Ramon de Jesus (18) are investigating a bat that belongs to Taylor Trammell (26) from Houston Astros during the ninth lap against New York Yankees in Daikin Park. The game was in Houston, Texas, September 4, 2025. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Yankees held on to the victory and got the series victory as they won two of three matches in the series. The Bronx bombers (78-62) begin a central series against Toronto Blue Jay Jay (81-59) Friday at. 19.05 et.
Blue Jay’s leader Yankees with three matches in the American League East.
Astros (77-64) next time Texas Rangers (72-69) plays Friday at. 20.05 et.
