On Tuesday, April 30, the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays got into a brawl, with Abner Uribe and Josi Siri both throwing fists. Prior to the altercation, Freddy Peralta was dismissed after allegedly purposely hitting Siri on a 3-0 pitch. The umpire issued no warnings, and aside from a stressful ending to Monday night’s game, there was nothing in Tuesday’s game that warranted an ejection without warning.
MLB hands out suspensions to players and manager in Milwaukee Brewers – Tampa Bay Rays brawl.
After the dust had settled Major League Baseball handed out suspensions to four people. From the Brewers side manager Pat Murphy received a two game suspension, Freddy Peralta five, and Abner Uribe six. Josi Siri of the Rays got a three game suspension. Murphy began serving his suspension the next day whereas Peralta and Uribe are appealing.
Abner Uribe was optioned to the minor leagues upon conclusion of the Tampa Bay Rays series.
Before being ejected on Tuesday night Uribe faced just one batter (Siri). Rickie Weeks, who found out about 20 minutes before the first pitch of Wednesday’s finale, then had Uribe pitch again in which he threw one inning and 25 pitches. Following the game Uribe was optioned to the minor leagues.
Can Abner Uribe serve his MLB suspension in the minor leagues?
Suspensions issued at the major league level cannot be served in the minors. He can still argue for a shorter term, but it will depend on when he returns to the major leagues. Uribe has a 6.91 ERA this season, thanks in large part to a recent five-earned run outing, so this demotion might serve two purposes: giving him time to improve on his craft and sending a message to a young kid that there are other ways to safely vent emotions.
