NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball on Friday fined and suspended Toronto Blue Jays hitting instructor Guillermo MartiŁnez for five games following an altercation with umpire Doug Eddings.
MLB senior vice president Michael Hill scolded MartiŁnez for interacting with Eddings and engaging in what the league deemed to be unsportsmanlike behavior after trading lineup cards prior to Wednesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox.x.
The 37-year-old MartiÁnez started serving his suspension on Friday night when the Blue Jays hosted the Milwaukee Brewers.That.
Former minor league infielder MartiÁnez joins Toronto’s major league staff for the 2019 season after being hired in 2012 as a minor league coach…
