Report: MLB looking into threat from Braves coach to Chisholm

Major League Baseball is looking into a potential threat made by Atlanta Braves coach Eddie Pérez toward New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. during Saturday's game, sources told Greg Joyce of the New York Post.

Standing at third base in the sixth inning, Chisholm was seen mimicking crying and waving at someone in Atlanta's dugout.

(Source: MLB.com)

Chisholm's gestures were reportedly directed at Pérez, who was jawing at the infielder after he appeared to relay signs to hitter Anthony Volpe from second base during the same inning.

Pérez pointed at Chisholm's head during the verbal back-and-forth, which New York interpreted as a threat toward the Yankees infielder. However, Pérez later denied that was his intent.

"I was just saying, 'Be smart,'" Pérez said postgame, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch.

"I like that guy. He's one of my favorites. And he got mad about it. I don't know why he got mad about it. So I was like, 'Take it easy,' and he started doing some (stuff)."

Chisholm wouldn't comment on the incident after the game or before Sunday's tilt between the teams, but Yankees manager Aaron Boone addressed the issue.

"I hope it didn't (have to do with throwing at his head), because obviously there's no place for that," Boone said on Sunday, according to the New York Post's Greg Joyce.

"That's certainly something that would not be OK. I hope he didn't mean anything like that by it, because that would deserve some looking into."