MLB dishes out punishment after White Sox-Guardians melee

Major League Baseball on Monday dished out suspensions in the aftermath of a melee between Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez.

Anderson was suspended for six games. Ramirez received a three-game suspension. Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase got a one-game ban.

Additionally, coaches from both teams received one-game bans. Guardians manager Terry Francona, White Sox manager Pedro Grifol and third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh will be out.

Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vice president for on-field operations, handed down the discipline. Each of the suspended parties, including White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech and Guardians outfielder Gabriel Arias, received undisclosed fines.

The incident occurred Saturday night after Ramirez slid underneath Anderson’s legs for a double. The two exchanged words and the glove came off. Both players squared up and Ramirez got the better of Anderson – knocking him in the jaw and then down to the ground.

Players from both teams separated the two main participants in the melee.

“I felt I was able to land one,” Ramirez said after the brawl Saturday night through a translator.

GUARDIANS’ JOSE RAMIREZ RIPS WHITE SOX’S TIM ANDERSON AFTER FIGHT, SAYS HE’S BEEN ‘DISRESPECTING THE GAME’

“He’s been disrespecting the game for a while,” he continued. “When he does something like that on the bases, he can get somebody out of the game. So, I was telling him to stop doing that. After he tapped me really hard, more than needed, he said he wanted to fight, and I had to defend myself.”

Ramirez was back in the lineup on Sunday for the series finale.

Anderson, who had to be physically carried off the field, was not available to comment after the game.

He was out of the lineup on Sunday. Grifol said it was a scheduled day off.