Padres reliever Robert Suarez says he's exploring options after he he was ejected following a check for foreign substance; he faces a 10-game suspension
Elbow trouble delayed the start of Robert Suarez’s season until mid-July. Now the Padres could be without him for another 10 games after the 32-year-old reliever was ejected before the top of the eighth inning after a sticky-stuff check of his left wrist/glove area in a“It was an absorbent amount of sticky stuff on his wrist,” crew chief Todd Tichenor said after the game.
Tichenor said he could not identify the substance, but “I know that it was probably more than rosin. I’ve been trained on that, but I couldn’t tell you what it was.”“Day game, like any day game, I put on some sunscreen and that’s what they saw,” Suarez said through interpreter Danny Sanchez. “That’s what led to their decision to eject me from the game.”Asked if he planned to appeal the ejection and forthcoming 10-game suspension for the infraction, Suarez said he was still exploring his options.
“We have guys down there to overcome it,” Melvin said. “Obviously is a big, big piece for us. But similar to an injury, sometimes you just have to move on and other guys have to step up.”as a potential starting pitcher, the biggest separator while he searched for employment this winter.
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