While we wait for Major League Baseball to hand down the entirety of its punishments for Sunday's benches-clearing brawl between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers, we've reportedly learned about the suspension for one of the brawl's central figures. [ Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now ] According to MLB Network's Jon Heyman, Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor earned a eight-game suspension for his now-famous punch to Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista. Our own Jeff Passan adds that Odor got a $5,000 fine too. odor plans to appeal his 8-game penalty #rangers — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) May 17, 2016 In addition to his eight-game suspension, Rougned Odor was fined $5,000. I imagine his teammates will gladly chip in to help pay that off. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 17, 2016 The penalty has yet to be announced officially by MLB. Others, chiefly Bautista, are expected to face punishment too. We could be looking at the largest mass punishment for fighting that MLB has handed down since 2013, when 11 players were suspended and fined after a brawl between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. Seven players were suspended last season after a brawl...
Rougned Odor gets eight-game suspension for Blue Jays-Rangers brawl
Published May 17, 2016 at 1:36 PM
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