Trent Grisham heard \"We want Soto!\" chants during his third plate appearance on Sunday night as the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4.
Moments later, Grisham launched a fastball into the right-field seats for a go-ahead, three-run home run.
Grisham was in the lineup because Juan Soto remained out with forearm soreness.
He was batting fifth, despite an .083 batting average, because Aaron Boone wanted a left-handed bat in the middle of the order and valued Grisham\'s ability to punish fastballs with Tyler Glasnow on the mound.
Some fans reversed course the next time Grisham stepped into the batter\'s box with a different, tongue-in-cheek chant: \"We want Grisham!\"
Aaron Judge said he wasn\'t a fan of the initial treatment of Grisham and defended his teammate after the game.
\"I wasn\'t too happy with it,\" Judge said. \"But I think he made a good point, got his point across there with that homer.\"
Grisham said it \"wasn\'t about\" sending a message with that home run, though he admitted he liked the chant he heard in the following at-bat.