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Wick Terrell | Red Reporter: Nick Castellanos lost his appeal and will serve a two-game suspension for role in a benches clearing incident between the Cardinals and Reds. Again, his role was to get hit by a pitch, score on a wild pitch, flex over the pitch who beaned him, and walk away. The Castellanos decision is just further evidence that MLB’s discipline policy is uneven and punishes players for acting in line with the “Let the Kids play” campaign.
Jay Jaffe | FanGraphs: The Yankees are 5-10 and off to their worst start in 24 years. The weekend series against the Rays went as poorly as it possibly could have gone, and ever-patient Yankees fans lost their cool on Friday hurling baseballs and garbage onto the field. How could a team that was expected to be the American League’s best get off to a start this poor and can they dig themselves out of this hole?
Ken Rosenthal | The Athletic $: The start of the 2021 season hasn’t been perfect in regards to the ongoing pandemic. Several teams have had to postpone games due to positive cases while others have been forced to play on which has left players and fanbases frustrated. In addition, teams have been slow to hit the 85 percent threshold for looser safety protocols because some players don’t want to receive the vaccine.
Quick Hits
Brandon Belt hit a two-run homer in Philadelphia prompting Zack Hample to beef it.
RIP to this baseball thrown to Brandon Belt and also the fan who tried to get it pic.twitter.com/OH5blEFVqi
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 20, 2021
Yermín Mercedes played defense for the first time in his major league career, getting into the game as *checks notes* a pitcher.
Hola, les dejamos por aquí a Yermín Mercedes pitcheando por primera vez en su carrera de #LasMayores. #MLBDominicana pic.twitter.com/EMyoBzC7w0
— MLB Dominicana (@MLBDominicana) April 19, 2021
Albert Pujols stole third without a throw because even if he’s among the slowest runners in baseball, he’s still a baseball genius.
After getting his 2,105th RBI the machine STEALS THIRD BASE#WeBelieve I @Angels pic.twitter.com/vGuZqZFsCp
— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) April 20, 2021
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