Shove earns Cabrera a three-game suspension, fine
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Blue Jays pitcher Génesis Cabrera received a three-game suspension and a fine for his role in a benchclearing incident in a 5-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday. The amount of the fine of was undisclosed.
Cabrera has filed an appeal. Cabrera shoved Rays shortstop Jose Caballero in the jaw in the midst of a verbal exchange after Caballero was tagged out at third base in the bottom of the seventh inning. Caballero’s momentum caused him to bump into Cabrera, leading to the exchange of words.
The dugouts emptied but order was quickly restored.
The New York Mets’ Yohan Ramirez also received a three-game suspension and fine Sunday for intentionally throwing at Milwaukee’s
Rhys Hoskins during the Mets’ 7-6 loss to the Brewers on Saturday. Ramirez is also appealing his ruling.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was suspended for one game and fined as a result of Ramirez’s actions and served it Sunday against Milwaukee, the third game of his career as a major-league manager.
Bichette has neck spasms
Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette was a late scratch Sunday due to neck spasms.
Jays manager John Schneider said Bichette received treatment during the Jays’ 9-2 win over Tampa Bay and is day to day.
“Game 4, you don’t want to push it and make it any worse,” Schneider said. “I think it was just one of those deals where you wake up and it wasn’t really feeling right.”
Bichette had two hits in 12 at-bats (.167) with two RBIs through the first three games of the season.
An extension in Oakland?
Tuesday’s meeting between the A’s and Oakland officials is shaping up to be a key moment in deciding whether the team will stay at the Coliseum beyond 2024.
Oakland city officials plan to propose a five-year, $97-million (U.S.) extension of the Athletics’ lease at a Tuesday meeting. The extension would included an opt-out after three years, according to documents obtained by ESPN. Even if the team leaves after three years, the city’s proposal would require the A’s to pay the full amount.
The opt-out after three years would align with the A’s targeted date of opening their proposed stadium on the Las Vegas Strip in time for the 2028 season, though the Tropicana still sits on that site. The casino is set to close Tuesday.
Angels have meet-and-beat
It took just two games — two lopsided losses — for new Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington to call a team meeting. And it worked.
The Angels finished their opening series with a 4-1 win over Baltimore after dropping the first two games by a combined 24-7 score. It was the 71-year-old Washington’s first managerial win since 2014 with Texas.
“Everything that Wash has done so far, I love it,” outfielder Taylor Ward said.
“It was nothing crazy,” starer Reid Detmers said. “It’s not like a getting-your-(butt)-chewed team meeting. It was, just calm down, play like we know how to play, let’s go out there and have fun.”