Jeff Passan brutally exposes Doug Mientkiewicz in viral MLB clash over Edgleen Perez controversy | International Sports News
ESPN baseball reporter Jeff Passan and former MLB player Doug Mientkiewicz had a public fight on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, August 1, 2025. The two exchanged several strong messages after Passan praised a young prospect’s batting skills. Doug Mientkiewicz, who played in the MLB for 12 years, didn’t like the way Passan described the player. What started as one post quickly turned into a fiery back-and-forth that got all of Baseball Twitter talking.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan and former MLB star Doug Mientkiewicz get into a heated argument online
Jeff Passan had shared a post on Thursday, July 31, about 19-year-old catcher Edgleen Perez, who was just traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees. He wrote that Perez had “excellent swing decisions,” a term used in modern scouting. That one phrase sparked the whole drama.Doug Mientkiewicz, who won the World Series in 2004 with the Boston Red Sox, reacted to Passan’s post by calling out his choice of words. He replied on X, “Man what a time to be alive when a non baseball person writes ‘excellent swing decisions’ for a guy hitting .209 in A ball and is a career .241 hitter.” He added, “Some scouts and writers will say anything to sound smart to non baseball people.”Jeff Passan didn’t hold back. He hit back quickly, saying, “That description came from a scout, Doug. Do you hate them too? Or are you just bitter because batting average is no longer what matters, and it’s the only thing you were ever good at?”
Jeff Passan calls Doug Mientkiewicz “bitter,” Doug hits back with career jabs
Doug Mientkiewicz, who also played for the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, and New York Yankees, clapped back. He told Passan, “I can do what you do, you can’t do what players do. Without players, you have no job.”Also Read: Danica Patrick Fuels Controversy By Backing Sydney Sweeney Amid Outrage Over American Eagle’s Anti-Woke AdJeff Passan continued the fight with another post, saying, “You had a good career. You were a good ballplayer. You did things I never could. That doesn’t give you the right to say stupid things.”Doug Mientkiewicz ended the argument, for now by saying Jeff Passan should have credited the scout who gave him the Perez info: “Just give the people giving you info the credit like you give the players credit. Simple.”Both have stayed quiet since, but the argument is all over baseball social media.
