{"id":739833,"date":"2026-07-02T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/739833\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:11:08","slug":"mlb-issues-suspensions-related-to-nationals-red-sox-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/739833\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Issues Suspensions Related To Nationals-Red Sox Brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball has handed down discipline related to the bench-clearing brawl between the Nationals and Red Sox on Tuesday. Washington starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cavalca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cade Cavalli<\/a> has been suspended for seven games, while rotation mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mikolmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miles Mikolas<\/a> got a five-game ban. Red Sox first baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/contrwi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Willson Contreras<\/a> got seven games for his actions during and after the incident, while backup infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/eatonna01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nate Eaton<\/a> received a three-game ban for his role in the brawl.<\/p>\n<p>All four players were fined an undisclosed amount. They all have the right to appeal and seem likely to do so, as that\u2019s the typical practice in these situations. The suspensions would otherwise begin tomorrow because both teams are off tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/2072802622008856819\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris Cotillo of MassLive<\/a> reports that Contreras\u2019 suspension was elevated because the three-time All-Star violated a league rule on using social media during a game. Contreras was ejected but went on Instagram to reply \u201ccome meet me at Fenway\u201d to a fan who insulted him while the game was still in progress.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major League Baseball has handed down discipline related to the bench-clearing brawl between the Nationals and Red Sox&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[7847,102587,201718,99,7648],"class_list":["post-739833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cade-cavalli","tag-miles-mikolas","tag-nate-eaton","tag-sports","tag-willson-contreras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}