Overview

• During a ninth-inning plate appearance against New York, umpires removed Taylor Trammell’s bat after the Yankees flagged discoloration near the barrel label.
• MLB supplier rules allow multi‑colored bats only if the color transition begins 18 inches from the knob, and the bat was treated as out of compliance with that appearance standard.
• After consultation, the crew handed the bat to an authenticator, informed Trammell he could not continue using it, and arranged shipment to MLB for review.
• A source told reporters the bat was judged not to provide any competitive advantage and that no repercussions are expected pending MLB’s formal determination.
• Trammell called the scrutiny “actually ridiculous,” attributing the look to matte paint wear, as some coverage noted past altered‑bat cases such as Billy Hatcher’s 1987 incident for context.