The Mets do not appear to be acting as whistleblowers after hearing the alleged whistles of the Yankees.
After the Sounds coming from the Yankees on Saturday that led to the Mets’ suspicions and finally an altercation in the cleaning of horses and bulls during the final Sunday of the Subway Series, the Mets “passed” the controversy, he said Monday. Luis Rojas.
He noted that the club will not ask Major League Baseball to look into it.
“There is nothing to follow [up on] there, ”the Mets manager said before opening a series with the Cardinals at Citi Field.
In fact, even if the Yankees had whistled to alert their batters of what pitching would come (apparently believing that Taijuan Walker was tilting their pitches), there would be no rule against it, as long as they were not using the technology to get the signals or that the pitcher explained it. (The team MLB found to have used the Astros, with a camera capturing signals and a monitor as part of the system, crossed the line).
If the whistle from the Yankee shelter were a competitive advantage, it would be amazing in its opening. The Mets could hear it and speculation clearly irritated the team, with Jonathan Villar believing he discovered the scheme and then spoke to Walker on the mound.
A day later, the second of three races at Francisco Lindor’s home involved his whistle toward the Yankees’ dig, and after Giancarlo Stanton responded with his own career and words as they rounded the bases, the banks were emptied.
Rojas said he also heard whistles from the Yankees’ shelter, which bombers have explained Wandy Peralta is a surplus and a whistle.
Lindor said he wasn’t 100% sure the whistle was related to anything more nefarious.
“Whatever it was, there’s nothing but a whistle,” Rojas said. “… Sometimes, if you take something like that, players may find it disrespectful, teams may find it, and maybe send a message.”
That was what the Mets did in a 7-6 win, in which Lindor’s eighth-inning shot made all the difference.
There will be no other Subway Series games this year, but Lindor will be tied with the Mets and Stanton with the Yankees for a long time, so there will be time to determine if the controversy is over.
“We don’t need to say anything to MLB,” Rojas said. “We all think it’s a fair game. But if they catch you, send a message and I think the boys did it verbally in the field, and that’s it. “