The Cincinnati Reds will be without one of the top hitters in their lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nick Castellanos will serve a two-game suspension after he lost his appeal Monday. He was suspended for two games by Michael Hill, MLB's senior VP for on-field operations, for "aggressive actions and for instigating a benches-clearing incident" against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 3.
All of it started when Castellanos was hit by a pitch from Cardinals reliever Jake Woodford in the Reds' second game of the season. Castellanos thought it may have been intentional and was upset when he was hit with no runners on base and two outs in the fourth inning.