Miami Marlins star Jazz Chisholm Jr. took a shot at one of his former teammates in a recent interview on The Pivot Podcast.
That teammate, Chisholm said, failed to wake him up when he was sleeping before a game.
Chisholm said that player was "the team captain." Here's his full quote:
"Our team captain, when I was younger, came in, saw me sleeping before the game — like an hour before the game, and like, he knew we had a team meeting — let me stay there and slept through the team meeting and the coach came and woke me up 15 minutes before the game. The team captain. Come on, bro, how is that a team captain? That's not a team captain, bro."
Chisholm began his MLB career with the Marlins in 2020, and has been there ever since.
While they didn't have an official team captain, the "de facto" team captain was former Marlin and current Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas.
Rojas was with the Marlins from 2015 until 2022, when he was traded to the Dodgers following the 2022 season.
He was widely referred to as the de facto or unofficial team captain.
Rojas was widely respected and loved in Miami. After he was traded to the Dodgers for shortstop prospect Jacob Amaya, then-Marlins GM Kim Ng had this to say about Rojas:
“When I did talk to him, I first expressed my gratitude to him and all the things that he’s done for the organization, how long he’s been here and that I’ve always seen him as somebody who’s definitely part of the fabric here,” Ng said. “Miggy has always been a pro with me. He’s been a pro with many, many people. So [Wednesday] night, he did not disappoint either. It was probably a bit difficult for him just because he had been here for so long and has so many memories and what he’s meant to this club, but he basically said something along the lines of ‘I’ve always wanted what’s best for the Marlins, whether that’s keeping me or trading me.’ Again, really appreciate him as a player and as a pro.”
However, it seems not everyone was happy with his leadership in Miami, as Chisholm made it clear he didn't like the veteran leadership in Miami when he began his career.
“I was already a team leader without being called a team leader. But the vets, you can’t be a team leader when you got guys in the clubhouse that’s been in there for 9-10 years, even though they suck, they’ve been there for 9-10 years and the team calls them the team captain. But, like, they’re not a good captain, they’re not a good person, you not even a good athlete at this point. You just here. And you’re bringing down the young guys that are supposed to be good.”
Chisholm says he likes the clubhouse much better the way it is now.
"Our clubhouse now is so together. It's like, bro, we don't even see color in that clubhouse. It's not a color in that clubhouse. From the top to the bottom, there is not a color in that clubhouse."
The Dodgers welcome the Marlins to Los Angeles May 6-8 for a three-game series.
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