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Oakland A’s outfielder Ramon Laureano received his punishment on Tuesday for his role in the team’s brawl with the Houston Astros last weekend. He got a six-game suspension and has appealed the decision, a move which could help him reduce the ban or at least delay its enforcement until a strategically optimal moment.
Meanwhile, Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron was slapped with 20 games, the most we’ve seen in a long time for a coach, for taking an already tense situation and further instigating it into the physical fight it became.