Kiké Hernández shot Noah Lyles unprovoked after the Dodgers won the World Series

It's been over a year since sprinter and three-time Olympic medalist Noah Lyles questioned why the winner of an NBA championship is called a world champion. But since then, Lyles has faced numerous backlashes from athletes across the NBA and even some other leagues.

Now an MLB player has joined the discussion and fired back at Lyles. Los Angeles Dodgers infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernandez, who had just won the World Series with a 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees, took an unprovoked shot at Lyles in an interview during the team's club celebration.

Dodgers reporter Blake Harris posted a recent video to his X (formerly Twitter) account.

“World champion,” Hernandez said. “Fuck it, Noah Lyles.”

Several high-profile NBA players, most notably two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant and eight-time All-Star Damian Lillard, have since fired back at Lyles. Even the U.S. men's national basketball team responded to Lyles with a tweet after winning the gold medal in Paris over the summer.

But if anyone from the MLB, and the Dodgers in particular, would do this, it would be Hernandez, as this isn't his first mic-dropping moment in an interview.