NEW YORK — So much for burying the hatchet.
A camera caught New York Mets third baseman Todd Frazier and Washington outfielder Adam Eaton jawing at each other from a distance in a heated exchange between innings Monday night before each was led away. The two were teammates with the Chicago White Sox in 2016 but apparently have an acrimonious history.
“He’s chirping all the way across the infield. I don’t know. He must really like me because he wants to get my attention it seems like every time we come here to town,” Eaton said following New York’s 5-3 victory over the Nationals at Citi Field. “He really cares what I think about him, I guess. I don’t know what the deal is. He’s always yelling across the infield at me. He’s made a habit of it. He’s one of those guys that always says it loud enough so you can hear it, but you can’t understand it.
“You’ve got to be a man at some point. So I turned around, had a few choice words with him. It’s funny. I was walking towards him, and he didn’t really want to walk towards me, but as soon as someone held him back, then he was like, all of a sudden was really impatient, like trying to come towards me. Like I said, just being Todd Frazier. So what’s new?”
Eaton acknowledged he’s surprised their beef is still going on.
“Yes, absolutely. It’s very childish,” he said. “I tried to stay patient with the childishness.”
After the game, Frazier downplayed the incident.
“That was nothing at all,” he said.