Tigers' Framber Valdez suspended for drilling Red Sox's Trevor Story
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Tigers' Framber Valdez suspended for drilling Red Sox's Trevor Story
Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY·USA TODAY Sports
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Framber Valdez's impetuous decision to drillTrevor Storyin the back after a pair ofBoston Red Soxhome runs earned him a six-game suspension fromMajor League Baseball, the league announced Wednesday, May 6. The suspension was reduced to five games upon appeal and Valdez began serving it immediately.
Tigersmanager A.J. Hinch was also suspended for one game.
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Valdez was tagged for 10 runs -seven earned - and three home runs by the Red Sox in just three-plus innings of their 10-3 loss. And after yielding consecutive home runs toWillson ContrerasandWilyer Abreuin the fourth inning, Valdez drilled Story between the numbers with the first four-seam fastball he's thrown this season.
That resulted in a benches-clearing incident, and Tigers manager A.J. Hinch, in so many words,admonished Valdezfor sparking the fracas. Red Sox manager Chad Tracy called it "weak."
"I think we all know what's what," Story told reporters. "It's pretty indisputable."
MLB certainly agreed.
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Valdez is in the first season of a three-year, $115.5 million contract with the Tigers. His blow-up came one day after the club found out ace and two-time Cy Young Award winnerTarik Skubalwould miss multiple months due to elbow surgery to remove loose bodies.
The Tigers managed to sign Valdez late in the free agent process last winter as he lingered on the market, a few months after he denied intentionallycrossing up his catcherafter giving up a grand slam while with theHouston Astros.
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14. Francisco Lindor, Mets- $32,477,277
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15. Tarik Skubal, Tigers– $32 million
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16. Carlos Correa, Astros –$31,500,000
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16. Corey Seager, Rangers -$31,500,000
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