ANAHEIM, California (AP) – Los Angeles Angels interim coach Phil Nevin has been suspended for 10 games and Seattle Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker has been given a seven-game Major League Baseball penalty for his roles in a fight to clean benches during the second entry on Sunday. game.
Nevin and Winker were two of the 12 players or coaches suspended between the teams, according to an MLB statement Monday night.
Mariners shortstop JP Crawford received five games, Angels pitchers Ryan Tepera and Andrew Wantz were suspended for three, and Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez, Angels reliever Raisel Iglesias and Major League player Manny Del Campo received two games.
Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon, who is out for the rest of the season after undergoing wrist surgery, will be suspended for five games when he returns from the injured list. For now, he is banned from sitting on the bench for the next seven games.
Nevin received a major suspension for the Angels’ opening, Wantz, who intentionally threw Winker while there were warnings for both teams. Nevin made the late decision to throw Wantz in place of scheduled starter Jose Suarez.
Nevin’s suspension began Monday night when the Angels opened a series against the Chicago White Sox. Bench coach Ray Montgomery, who received a two-game sanction, will act in Nevin’s place. Montgomery and catch coach Bill Haselman (one game) will begin serving their suspensions after assistant pitching coach Dom Chiti returns from his five-game sanction.
Punishments were announced 90 minutes into the Los Angeles and Seattle games Monday night.
Winker was hit by the first throw of the second inning by Wantz, who had also thrown a throw behind Rodriguez’s head during the first inning. Wantz, who is sanctioned for three games, is the only player who has not appealed.
The throw to Rodriguez seemed to be the Angels’ response to Erik Swanson’s 95 mph fast ball near Mike Trout’s head during the ninth inning Saturday night. Trout expressed his frustration over the field after the game.
Winker reacted to being hit by Wantz, screaming angrily and gesturing toward the Angels’ dugout. This caused both the benches and the bullpens to be emptied near the Los Angeles dugout next to third base. The fight lasted almost four minutes, and both teams seemed to throw multiple punches.
The match was delayed 18 minutes. Of the eight expelled, Seattle coach Scott Servais is the only one who was not suspended.
Before the sanctions were announced, Nevin argued that he used Wantz to throw the Seattle players.
“That’s not done. But I don’t want to go into a war of words with that,” Nevin said. “What is done is done. Yesterday is over. Today we are focused on the White Sox.”