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Cade Cavalli’s suspension was reduced from seven to five games. Charles Krupa \/ AP Photo<\/p>\n
July 6, 2026 8:21 pm EDT Updated <\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 Major League Baseball on Monday reduced Washington Nationals right-hander Cade Cavalli\u2019s suspension from seven games to five, a decision that came after the starter appealed the league\u2019s initial ruling.<\/p>\n
Cavalli, 27, was disciplined for his role in a scuffle<\/a> that broke out during Washington\u2019s game against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night, including a comment that ignited the fracas. Early in the night, Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras irked Cavalli by brushing by him at the end of the first inning. Later, Cavalli upset Contreras in the fourth, when he yelled, \u201csit down, boy\u201d \u2014 using a word that had historically racist connotations, though Cavalli said the next day he did not know that and was \u201ctorn up\u201d when he learned how his words had been perceived. He vowed to remove the term from his vocabulary. The ensuing scuffle led to four ejections and four suspensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n MLB felt Cavalli\u2019s comment was inappropriate and merited discipline, according to a league source briefed on the decision, who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.<\/p>\n Cavalli\u2019s five-game suspension begins Tuesday night, which means he will next be eligible to pitch against the New York Yankees on Sunday, the final game before the All-Star break. In essence, this just adds one extra rest day before his next turn to pitch. Cavalli battled dehydration and light-headedness in his last start, completing just 2 1\/3 innings<\/a> against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.<\/p>\n The other three suspensions are still in the appeals process. One of those players, pitcher Miles Mikolas, started Monday\u2019s game for the Nationals.<\/p>\n Jul 7, 2026<\/p>\n Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cade Cavalli’s suspension was reduced from seven to five games. Charles Krupa \/ AP Photo July 6, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,5156,591,85,5264],"class_list":["post-784594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-washington-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n