Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr clarifies he was not wearing AirPods in the field amid viral photos

Chisholm said he could barely hear out of his right ear and wore actual AirPods in the clubhouse to block out the noise. He used the noise-cancellation mode, trying to keep things as quiet as possible.

"Right now," he said, "I'm feeling better. … My right ear was ringing for like three days."

Chisholm has not missed any time and said he didn't think it affected him. As the conversation continued to rage on about the cotton in his ear, he took to his Instagram Story to show it wasn't an AirPod.

"All y'all just ain't the smartest," Chisholm captioned his picture with a shrug and laughing emoji.

He said the conversation around the cotton in his ear was "not smart."

"I think that's not smart at all," Chisholm said. "I think no umpire would let it go through. No coach would let that happen. You know what I mean? I just feel like … and you would have seen a phone in my back pocket or something. I mean, AirPods don't reach that far. So for me, it's just like, I just didn't think it was a smart thing. I feel like everything I do is on the media. I don't mind it.

"If you guys love me that much, s-. I don't mind it. I have no problem with it."