Cardinals’ Willson Contreras throws bat toward umpire, plunks own coach after heated ejection vs. Pirates

The first goal of the cardinals of St. Louis, Willson Contreras, inadvertently struck the striking coach Brant Brown with his bat after being ejected from the victory on Monday evening against the Pirates of Pittsburgh (score of the box). 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:

It is advisable to see if Contreras will be being punished by Major League Baseball. This should not surprise anyone if it does, given its apparent intention. The crew head, Jordan Baker, told Jeff Jones of Belleville News-Democrat that Contreras had been ejected for having used the “vulgar” language and which 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.

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 Monday by hitting .261 / .345 / .460 (125 ops +) with 19 circuits and 70 points struck in 120 games. His contributions were worth 2.3 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.