If there was a memo to be diplomatic in response to Alex Bregman’s Instagram jab, Steve Pearce didn’t get it.

The Red Sox first baseman had strong words for Bregman after the Houston Astros third baseman posted several Instagram videos trolling Boston’s American League Championship Series Game 3 starter, Nathan Eovaldi.

“Wow. I don’t know why he would do that,” Pearce told WEEI’s Rob Bradford on Monday. “We do our talking on the field. If he wants to run his mouth now we’ll see who is talking at the end of the series.

“I don’t think he needs to run his mouth. He’s one of the best players in the game. If that’s his personality, that’s his personality. Nothing against the guy. If that’s how he has to motivate himself, whatever.”

Bregman eventually deleted the videos, which appeared on his Instagram story and showed Jose Altuve, Bregman and George Springer hitting three consecutive home runs off Eovaldi during a June 20 game while the pitcher was on the Tampa Bay Rays.