Jazz Chisholm Jr. botches grounder — and gets frustrated with umpire

Nypost · Aug 18, 2026 · 178 words · By Dan Martin

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BALTIMORE — Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s season took another wrong turn Tuesday night.

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What happened

BALTIMORE — Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s season took another wrong turn Tuesday night.

Why it matters

With runners on first and second and one out in the bottom of the second of a 3-1 win at Camden Yards, Carlos Rodón got Christian Franklin to hit a seemingly routine ground ball toward Chisholm at second.

Common ground

But second base umpire Ryan Additon appeared to block Chisholm’s view of the ball momentarily and the second baseman couldn’t handle the grounder.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a 3-1 win at Camden Yards”

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Multiple web sources confirm the Yankees won 3-1 in a game involving Carlos Rodón and Jazz Chisholm Jr. against the Orioles (who play at Camden Yards). Specifically, one source explicitly mentions the '3-1 win' in the context of Rodón stranding runners.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Camden Station, now also referred to as Camden Street Station, Camden Yards, and formally as the Transportation Center at Camden Yards, is a train station at the intersection of South Howard and West …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Station

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Camden Yards Sports Complex is an 85-acre (34 ha) sports and entertainment campus located in the center of Baltimore, Maryland, owned and operated by the Maryland Stadium Authority. The complex is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Yards_Sports_Complex

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oriole Park at Camden Yards, commonly known as Camden Yards, is a ballpark in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is the home of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Baltimore Orioles, and the first of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriole_Park_at_Camden_Yards

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Claim 2: “Carlos Narváez [is an] ex-Yankee prospect”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that Carlos Narváez 'has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees', confirming he is an ex-Yankee. This is further supported by web search results discussing the trade involving him.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 New York Yankees season was the 122nd season for the New York Yankees franchise. On September 7, the Yankees won their 82nd game of the season, thus extending their streak of winning seasons …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Yankees season was the 123rd season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. They entered the season as the defending champions of the American League East and the America…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carlos Luis Narváez (born November 26, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Ya…
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Claim 3: “Rodón made it a moot point by stranding all three runners with a strikeout of ex-Yankee prospect Carlos Narváez and then Jackson Holliday”

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Multiple sources confirm that Rodón struck out Carlos Narváez and Jackson Holliday back-to-back to strand the runners and end the threat.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Houston Astros season was the 64th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 61st as the Astros, 13th in both the American League (AL) and AL West …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Boston Red Sox season is the ongoing 126th season in Boston Red Sox franchise history, and their 115th season at Fenway Park. The team opened the regular season in an away game against the Ci…
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Claim 4: “second base umpire Ryan Additon appeared to block Chisholm’s view of the ball momentarily”

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There is a direct contradiction between sources regarding the umpire's role. One source states Ryan Additon 'appeared to block Chisholm’s view', while another reports that 'replay showed Ryan Additon was perfectly positioned' and Chisholm was blaming him despite the replay.

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web search NEUTRAL — He turned toward second base umpire Ryan Additon and appeared to argue that the umpire had blocked his view of the ball. His frustration was plain as the runners stood safe.
https://pinstripesnation.com/yankees-jazz-chisholm-error-ump…

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web search NEUTRAL — But second base umpire Ryan Additon appeared to block Chisholm’s view of the ball momentarily and the second baseman couldn’t handle the grounder.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/18/sports/yankees-jazz-chisholm-j…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jazz Chisholm Jr. runs to the dugout during a Yankees game at Rogers Centre.Carlos Rodon executed his pitch perfectly, coaxing Christian Franklin into what should have been an inning-ending double-pla…
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/yankees-jazz-chisholm…

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Claim 5: “Carlos Rodón got Christian Franklin to hit a seemingly routine ground ball toward Chisholm at second”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Carlos Rodón induced a ground ball from Christian Franklin toward Jazz Chisholm Jr. at second base.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year of birth and music genres with which they are associated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page indexes the individual year in jazz pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. 2020s - 2010s - 2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_jazz

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from…
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