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Suspensions Handed Out for Bench Clearing Incident Against Reds

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Major League Baseball handed down the suspensions for Tuesday’s bench clearing incident between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds. Keone Kela was hardest hit, receiving a ten-game suspension for throwing high and inside, which was two more games than Amir Garrett received for charging the Pittsburgh dugout and starting the altercation.

Jose Osuna picked up a five-game suspension. Kyle Crick received three games. Clint Hurdle got a two-game suspension.

Jared Hughes only received three games for intentionally hitting Starling Marte (MLB’s wording included the word intentional), while David Bell seems to have got off easy too for coming out of the clubhouse to get into a fight. He only received six games, plus part of his punishment included a build up of issues over the year, so he wouldn’t have got six games if he didn’t have prior issues. Even Yasiel Puig only got three games for his part.

It appears that the message was sent to the Pirates as Kela and Osuna seem to have got the worst of it, while all of the Reds players suspended could have got more time off.

Everyone involved is appealing their suspension.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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