Cardinals’ Willson Contreras suspended six games after throwing bat toward umpire during heated ejection

The first goal of St. Louis Cardinals, Willson Contreras, was suspended six games and inflicted a fine of an undisclosed amount for his actions in the match on Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium, the Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday. Contreras is attractive, which means that it will remain available until its appeal is heard and governed.

Contreras inadvertently struck by the strike coach Brant Brown with his bat after being ejected from the Cardinals’ victory on Monday evening against the pirates (box score). Againstras, which was thrown at the bottom of the seventh round after arguing bullets and strikes, seemed to throw his bat towards the referee of first base Stheurwater, who had intervened to try to broadcast the situation. Instead, he struck brown on the upper body.

Contreras would later throw a bucket of treats on the ground after moving towards the canoe. Take a look:

The crew head, Jordan Baker, told Belleville News-Democrat that Contreras had been ejected for having used “vulgar” language and that he contacted an UMP-a non-no in the eyes of the league. Contreras denied this second part and said that he had simply asked for the same calls for the striking effect for the two teams.

“I don’t think he had no reason to throw me away,” said journalists, including athletics after the match. “I did not support any grounds in any blow.

“I turned around, he threw me, he had no reason for that. Apparently, he heard something I said, but I didn’t say that.”

The field with which Contreras contested was a 0-2 offering of the right-handed of the Pirates Yohan Ramírez. The referee of the house plaque Derek Thomas sounded counterras, and rightly so: said PAS was called a probability of a typing of 87.5%, according to Trumedia calculations. Maybe Contreras was steamed or another call that occurred when he was behind the dish. Anyway, none of the calls that was against him as a striker on Monday was blatant.

Contreras, 33, entered Tuesday by hitting .261 / .344 / .458 (124 OPS +) with 19 circuits and 72 points struck in 121 games. His contributions were worth 2.2 victories above the replacement, according to the calculations organized at the baseball reference.

It should be noted that Contreras is the second player entangled in a launch incident in bat in the past two weeks. The Victor Robles Victor Robles voltiseur was suspended for 10 games after launching your bat on a launcher During a rehabilitation game. Robles, which must serve its banishment in the large leagues, has been authorized to continue playing while he calls for his punishment.