{"id":78612,"date":"2025-08-18T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78612\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:53:07","slug":"mariners-victor-robles-launches-bat-at-pitcher-in-wild-scene-as-he-rehabs-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78612\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners\u2019 Victor Robles launches bat at pitcher in wild scene as he rehabs injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Mariners right fielder Victor Robles was ejected from Sunday\u2019s Triple-A Tacoma rehab game after he threw his bat at the pitcher, who ran a fastball up and inside, nearly hitting him.<\/p>\n<p>Robles, 28, whose recovering from a shoulder injury, was at the plate for his second at-bat in the third inning against Las Vegas Aviators pitcher Joey Estes when he lost his cool, as shown in a clip posted on X by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JomboyMedia\/status\/1957269188881301877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1957269188881301877%7Ctwgr%5E375d88f56b1c7cf1b470dd272b01fe31056a5ea9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattletimes.com%2Fsports%2Frobles-loses-his-cool-in-rehab-assignment-throws-bat-at-pitcher%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jomboy Media.<\/a> Robles is playing with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers as part of his rehab assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Estes threw a fast ball up-and-inside at Robles, nearly clipping him on his right shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>Robles swung at the pitch in apparent self-defense, fouling it off. He then ran behind umpire Joe McCarthy and dropped his bat.<\/p>\n<p>Robles immediately picked up the bat and hurled it at Estes, knocking off his own helmet.<\/p>\n<p>The fuming outfielder then started shouting at Estes as McCarthy signals he\u2019s been ejected from the game.<\/p>\n<p>Completely ignoring the umpire, the 2019 World Series champion charges at the mound, pushing past McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>Tacoma\u2019s bench cleared and his teammates restrained him from going at Estes.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Mariners right fielder Victor Robles was ejected from Sunday\u2019s Triple-A Tacoma rehab game after throwing his bat at a pitcher who had nearly hit him with an inside fastball. @barstoolsports\/X<\/p>\n<p>Even after getting him off the field, the hot-tempered ballplayer wasn\u2019t finished yet.<\/p>\n<p>Now inside the dugout, Robles hurls a cooler onto the field, sending the contents inside it flying out. He then headed into the clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Robles has been rehabbing a dislocated left shoulder since April 6, when he was injured making a leaping catch and colliding with the netting at Oracle Park during Seattle\u2019s game against the San Francisco Giants.<\/p>\n<p>Robles immediately picked up the bat and hurled it at Estes, knocking off his own helmet after almost being hit by the pitch. @barstoolsports\/X<\/p>\n<p>He was ejected from the game soon after. @barstoolsports\/X<\/p>\n<p>He was then placed on a cart and taken off the field.<\/p>\n<p>The outfielder had already been hit by a pitch three times in five rehab games for Tacoma, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/victor-robles-throws-bat-toward-pitcher-after-near-hpb-in-rehab-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MLB Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was hit twice during Tuesday\u2019s game, including once by Estes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what kind of punishment Major League Baseball will hand down for the bat-throwing incident.<\/p>\n<p>Robles is in his second season with the Mariners after playing his first eight seasons with the Nationals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners right fielder Victor Robles was ejected from Sunday\u2019s Triple-A Tacoma rehab game after he threw his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,470,82,47723,7567],"class_list":{"0":"post-78612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-seattle-mariners","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-victor-robles","14":"tag-viral-videos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}