Joe Torre Terrell Edmunds Game Jersey , MLB’s chief baseball officer, announced the suspensions, along with undisclosed fines.
Chirinos was not in the Rangers’ lineup Friday night for a series opener at home against Colorado, and the team said he was serving his suspension. Kemp is appealing his suspension, and was in the lineup for Los Angeles’ game against San Francisco.
Kemp said he was surprised by the punishment and he appealed because he disagrees with it.
”Nothing happened,” he said. ”Just a little pushing. I’ve seen way worse happen. So I guess we’ll see what they decide, but I don’t agree with it.”
Kemp was trying to score from second base on a two-out single by Enrique Hernandez in the third inning of Wednesday night’s game at Dodger Stadium. Chirinos caught a pinpoint throw by right fielder Nomar Mazara and had his glove out to tag Kemp, who barreled into the catcher with his arms up and leading with his shoulder. Chirinos’ helmet flew off as both he and Kemp fell to the ground.
Both benches and bullpens cleared after Chirinos and Kemp got up and shoved each other. Kemp was restrained by Rangers starter Cole Hamels.
No punches were thrown, but Chirinos and Kemp were both ejected.
”I think you can debate who instigated that confrontation,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. ”There wasn’t a punch thrown on (Kemp’s) part. So I think Authentic Minkah Fitzpatrick Jersey , obviously, emotions on both sides. It’s old-school baseball and both teams move forward.”
Rules have been put in place to outlaw runners from plowing into catchers, and catchers have to give runners a lane to the plate in most cases. On this play, the throw home took Chirinos directly into Kemp’s path.
In a series of moves before Friday’s game, the Rangers recalled catcher Jose Trevino from nearby Double-A Frisco even though they played with only 24 players because of the suspension.
Carlos Perez started behind the plate in place of Chirinos, but Perez rolled his right ankle while extending to catch a wide throw from the outfield in the second. Perez finished the inning in the field, but Trevino made his big league debut when he batted for Perez in the bottom half and remained in the game at catcher.
Texas placed right-handed relievers Matt Bush (right elbow strain) and Chris Martin (right calf strain) on the 10-day disabled list. Martin felt a twinge in his leg when running out of the bullpen Wednesday night at the start of the scuffle.
The Rangers also recalled right-hander Yohander Mendez from Triple-A Round Rock to start Friday night’s game, a day after infielder Hanser Alberto was sent back to Round Rock. Lefty reliever Brandon Mann was also recalled.
Mazara was a late scratch from the Texas lineup because of left wrist soreness.
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AP Sports Writer Beth Harris contributed to this report from Los Angeles.
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new coach Pat Shurmur with star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in the
building.Speaking on a conference call Monday, Shurmur said he hadn’t yet talked
to Beckham, whose name has been mentioned in trade speculation in recent
months.The coach didn’t know how many of the voluntary activities Beckham
planned to attend or the condition of his left ankle. The ankle was broken in
the fifth game of a 3-13 season that led to the firing of coach Ben McAdoo and
general manager Jerry Reese .Shurmur said he previously spoke with Beckham about
a video that surfaced online showing the 25-year-old who wants to be the NFL’s
highest paid player on a bed holding what appeared to be a hand-rolled
cigarette. A woman next to him had unidentified white powder on a nearby
table.Shurmur didn’t reveal what he said to Beckham. He also is not worried
whether the player will be affected by the recent hype surrounding the video and
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about Beckham’s ankle by the end of the week. “He understands the importance of
the offseason and he’s a competitive guy and, again, we had already started
communicating before all that information kind of got out there and was talked
about a great deal. He’s a professional and I’m glad he’s here today.”When
healthy, Beckham is a game-breaker. The three-time Pro Bowler has played in 47
games in his first four seasons, catching 313 passes for 4,424 yards and 38
touchdowns. He has averaged 94.1 yards. However, he can be a distraction when
his emotions get the best of him on the field and when he does foolish things
off the field, like taking a trip to Florida in the week leading up to a playoff
game after the 2016 regular season.Quarterback Eli Manning thought it was
important for everyone to attend the OTAs with a new offense being installed. He
said he didn’t talk to Beckham either after the trade rumors surfaced or the
video appeared on the internet. He declined to offer any advice.“Odell, he’s got
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best for him to get ready and play at a high level.”While Beckham’s situation
dominated the 15-minute conference call, Shurmur made clear that the OTAs would
be used to lay the groundwork for 2018.“For the most part, we’re trying to get
things started, take advantage of the extra time we have and we want to grow
away from basically what happened a year ago, the 3-13 season,” the former
Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator said. “We want to grow away from that
and try to grow into a team that’s competing to win a division, compete in the
playoffs, and then hopefully hold up that fifth Lombardi trophy.”Shurmur plans
to make some changes in the way the Giants do things.“I just think it’s very
important that we’re very professional, we communicate well together and then
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listen to the players, but also teach what we want them to know and then let
them tell us what they’re seeing so that we know how we have to teach it
further.”The Giants announced that offensive lineman Brett Jones, who started
the final 12 games at center and 13 overall, signed his contract tender for next
season worth roughly $3 million. New York also signed tight end Ryan O’Malley,
who played in one game last season..
