NEW YORK — Major League Baseball on Monday announced disciplinary action against 12 members of the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners, with Californians interim manager Phil Nevin receiving the most punishment, receiving a 10-game suspension.
Major League Baseball also included undisclosed fines for those involved in the on-field brawl that cleared the benches in the top of the second inning of Sunday’s game at Angel Stadium.
Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vice president of field operations, made the announcement of the following punishments.
Phil Nevin: 10 games.
Jesse Winker: 7 games.
J.P. Crawford, Anthony Rendon and Dom Chiti: 5 games.
Andrew Wantz y Ryan Tepera: 3 games.
Julius Rodriguez, Raisel IglesiasRay Montgomery and Manny Del Campo: 2 games
Bill Haselman: 1 game.
Three Mariners starting players were suspended and another was placed on the disabled list after getting hurt during the fight.
The Major League office suspended the outfielder Jesse Winker for seven games, shortstop J.P. Crawford with five games and the Dominican outfielder Julius Rodriguez with two, for his participation in Sunday’s fight. The Venezuelan catcher Luis Torrens he was placed on the 10-day disabled list after injuring his left shoulder.
Mariners manager Scott Servais had some bruising on his arm. Meanwhile, MLB suspended Angels interim manager Phil Nevin for 10 games. Servais was not sanctioned.
Winker, Crawford and Rodriguez have appealed their suspensions and will continue to play until their hearings are held. Crawford hit leadoff in the game against the Baltimore Orioles, immediately followed by Rodriguez and Winker.
The Angels lost four players, four coaches and one interpreter as a result of the fight. His absences will not be as significant. injured third baseman Anthony Rendon received a five-game suspension, the pitchers Andrew Wantz y Ryan Tepera three each, and the Cuban closer Raisel Iglesias From.
The brawl erupted in the second inning of the Angels’ 2-1 win, four minutes of chaos that led to a delay of nearly 18 minutes.
The Angels were upset because Mike Trout He was close to receiving a ball to the head from Erik Swanson Saturday night. Nevin made the decision to open Sunday’s meeting with Wantz, a reliever who has hardly been used.
Wantz pitched behind Rodriguez’s head in the first inning and then hit Winker off the chain to start the second.
It was then that chaos broke out.
Information from AP was included in this report.
