Umpires confiscate Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell's bat in strange scene after double

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Houston Astros center fielder Taylor Trammell had his bat confiscated in the ninth inning of the team’s 8-4 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday at Daikin Park. 

Trammell, 27, ripped a double off Yankees closer David Bednar in the top of the ninth inning, and manager Aaron Boone asked the umpires to take a look at the bat. 

Home plate umpire Adrian Johnson gathered the bat and all four umpires converged to discuss. Johnson also communicated with Major League Baseball’s replay office in New York before he handed the bat to an official, who took it away. 

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, center, looks at a bat belonging to Taylor Trammell (26) of the Houston Astros with home plate umpire Adrian Johnson, left, and Ramon De Jesus, right, during the ninth inning of a baseball game. The game was in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)

"It was just something that we noticed this series and asked the league about," Boone told reporters after the game, via ESPN. "You're not allowed to do anything to your bat. I'm not saying he was. I just ... we noticed, and the league thought it maybe was illegal, too."

"The discoloration was on the label, like. I don't know if it was just natural or if it was sand ... I don't know. I don't want to accuse Taylor. I'm not saying anything untoward or whatever."

Trammell played five games for the Yankees last season, and 106 with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

Trammell said he has a lot of "respect" for