Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner told Newsday on Tuesday that he was fined "thousands of dollars" in June for violating Major League Baseball's pace-of-play rules.
The New York Post reports that Gardner has been fined $3,500 for a total of six violations.
The veteran is unhappy with what he sees as being singled out.
"My agent started taking care of it," Gardner said. "I told them don't talk to me about it. I've got more things to worry about than taking three seconds too long to get to the box. Somebody else can [throw pickoff throws to first base] 27 times in a game and waste 15 minutes of everybody's time, and I get fined thousands of dollars taking three seconds too long to get in the box."
MLB doesn't disclose pace-of-play fines, but Gardner is not the first player to claim that he's been hit hard. In 2017, Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he had been fined about $50,000.