{"id":744335,"date":"2026-07-05T09:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744335\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:20:17","slug":"emotional-time-for-me-contreras-regrets-role-in-on-field-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744335\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Emotional time for me’: Contreras regrets role in on-field incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM, Calif. —Boston Red Sox<\/a> first baseman Willson Contreras<\/a> offered an emotional apology for his involvement in a pair of bench-clearing incidents against the New York Yankees<\/a> and Washington Nationals<\/a> this past week.<\/p>\n

Contreras, who is appealing the seven-game suspension he received from Major League Baseball for his part in a heated dispute with Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli<\/a> Tuesday night, had just finished addressing reporters about his All-Star snub when he continued to speak through his interpreter in Spanish.<\/p>\n

“One thing I want to add, on the record,” Contreras said before Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels<\/a>, “is an apology for all of the events from last week, all of the things that occurred when the Nationals and Yankees [were at Fenway Park] are very hard. It was a very emotional time for me.<\/p>\n

“[People] won’t understand why I’m apologizing now, but I think it’s something that’s important for me to do, to apologize because I feel that it was an emotional time, and those situations could have been avoided and controlled and handled better.”<\/p>\n

Benches cleared when Contreras stared down Yankees starter Will Warren<\/a> last weekend, but the incident did not escalate.<\/p>\n

But Tuesday night, when Cavalli shouted at Contreras after striking him out looking at a full-count pitch, Contreras threw his helmet at Cavalli and approached him on the mound. The two began jawing at each other, and both dugouts and bullpens emptied.<\/p>\n

Contreras, who hit a three-run homer in the first inning Saturday night — his 19th of the season — fought back tears as he processed the fallout from his on-field turmoil and the struggles of his native Venezuela, which was hit by two powerful earthquakes this past week.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a really tough week, an emotional week for me,” Contreras said. “I hope that [people] understand how emotional it’s been. I’ll prove myself with my actions on the field moving forward and show them the kind of person that I truly am.”br\/]<\/p>\n

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