Tag: Jose Siri

The Yankees broadcast was so unimpressed with Jose Siri’s prolonged HR celebration while losing

It was Jose Siri’s birthday!

As a younger generation of players have broken into the big leagues, we’ve seen less controversies about baseball’s unwritten rules play out in recent years. Bat flips, celebrations, trash talk — bring it all on.

But for every celebration, timing and context are important — the score often matters. And Rays outfielder Jose Siri had Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay perplexed with post-homer theatrics on Monday.

The Rays went into the fifth inning against the Yankees without recording a hit. That changed with Siri’s at-bat as he hit a home run to right field for Tampa Bay’s first hit (and run) of the ballgame. Normally, it would have been a pretty insignificant home run. But Monday was Siri’s birthday, and he made sure to enjoy all of the moment.

Siri had a noticeably slow home run trot and drew out the celebration at every opportunity. There’s normally nothing wrong with celebrating a home run, but it looked so silly to do so while losing in the fifth inning. Still, if Siri thought it would fire up his teammates, then go for it. Baseball is supposed to be fun, and he was having fun out there.

Kay, though, wasn’t a fan of the celebration, and he made that clear in the YES Network broadcast.

The Yankees also didn’t appreciate Siri’s slow home run trot. And when D.J. LeMahieu hit a home run — his first of the season! — the following half inning, he practically broke into a sprint for his trot.

Aaron Judge also gave Siri a staredown.

Fans also had thoughts on Siri’s celebration and Kay’s commentary.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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Jose Siri collided with the ump after nobody expected him to score from second on an infield grounder

Personal foul, roughing the … umpire?

The Tampa Bay Rays are so good this season that they can go down six runs and have no problem responding with seven straight runs. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. But how the Rays score can catch even the umpires off guard.

Umpire Will Little experienced that first hand on Sunday.

After the Yankees scored the game’s first six runs, the Rays eventually rallied back to take the lead in the sixth inning (before the Yankees tied it once again). But that seventh run really showed the difference between the Rays and Yankees at this point. One team is playing aggressive, heads-up baseball while the Yankees are giving away outs and runs with miscues.

In the sixth inning, Jose Siri was on second base with Yandy Diaz at the plate. Siri attempted to take third on the pitch as Diaz hit a soft grounder to Yankees reliever Jimmy Cordero. As Cordero fielded the ball and threw to first for the out, he didn’t think to check on Siri at third base. And evidently, Little didn’t expect the Rays center fielder to continue running home either.

The aggressive running led to Siri scoring from second without a throw. But Little happened to be standing right in his path as he focused on the play at first base, which led to a collision.

Both Little and Siri were OK, and Siri made sure to check on the umpire. That’s a lesson, though: Umpires need to keep their head on a swivel when the Rays are running bases. They’re relentless this season.

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5 players you need to add in fantasy leagues after MLB’s opening weekend

Steven Kwan and Hunter Greene should be your top priorities on the waiver wires

Not much can be learned after just four games.

That much is pretty true across most sports, but especially in baseball, where it accounts for barely 2.4% of team’s 162-game season. That doesn’t mean we can’t overreact to some of what we saw across Major League Baseball’s opening weekend.

And for fantasy players who are still in the midst of their first matchup, early season acquisitions can be absolutely crucial. You don’t want to miss out on the type of production Yermin Mercedes had last April or what Logan Webb was able to sustain all year.

One series might not tell us everything we need to know, but it’s enough to convince us to add a few players off waivers immediately. Here’s who you should grab as fast as you can.