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Friday, April 21, 2023

Max Scherzer Given 10-Game Suspension; Will Not Appeal

6:56pm: Major League Baseball announced Thursday evening that Mets star Max Scherzer has been suspended for ten games for “violating the prohibitions on foreign substances.” He was also fined an undisclosed amount, which Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports at $10K.
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Bellino opined that Scherzer had used “something likely more than rosin” based on its stickiness. MLB’s announcement reflected a similar sentiment. “Based on the umpires’ training to detect rosin on a pitcher’s hands, they concluded that the level of stickiness during the fourth inning check was so extreme that it was inconsistent with the use of rosin and/or sweat alone,” the league wrote. MLB’s press release says umpires “appropriately ejected Mr. Scherzer from the game” at that point.
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7:53pm: In a surprising twist, Scherzer informed reporters this evening he’s elected not to appeal after all. The right-hander said he’d initially believed an appeal would be heard by a neutral arbitrator but later was informed it would go in front of an MLB official. (Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic specifies that special assistant to the commissioner John McHale would have heard the appeal.) As a result, Scherzer conceded he wouldn’t win and has elected not to pursue it.

Hombre Brotani Posted: April 21, 2023 at 03:09 AM | 2 comment(s)
  Beats: max scherzer, mets, rosin, sticky stuff, suspensions

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Twins’ Baldelli ejected after encounter between umpire, Yankees’ German

Baldelli was ejected in the fourth inning after umpire James Hoye allowed Domingo German back into the game after appearing to tell him to “wash your hands.”

Hoye had checked German for sticky substances after the right-hander mowed down the Twins in the third inning. As German was headed back onto the field to pitch the fourth, Hoye checked him again and he was allowed to continue pitching.

Baldelli then raced out of the visitor’s dugout and argued with Hoye, who tossed him.

I’m pretty sure I would have gotten tossed, too. “Wash your hands”? Really?

Hombre Brotani Posted: April 15, 2023 at 05:01 PM | 26 comment(s)
  Beats: domingo german, rocco baldelli, sticky stuff, twins, yankees

 

 

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