Los Angeles Angels’ Rendon suspended for 5 games after fan argument

Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon has been suspended by Major League Baseball for an altercation involving him and a fan during the Angels’ Day 1 loss against the Oakland Athletics.

A video of the altercation shared on social media shows Rendon grabbing a fan’s shirt and accusing him of obscenities. I miss him, the video shows.

Rendon, 32 years old decline to comment About the quarrel after the quarrel.

On Monday, MLB’s senior vice president of on-field operations, Michael Hill, announced that Rendon was suspended for five games and ordered to pay an undisclosed fine.

Rendon’s suspension will begin Monday night when the team plays the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, unless Rendon and the team appeal the suspension, according to MLB’s announcement. That was it.

About half an hour before the game was scheduled to start at 6:40 pm, Rendon was not on the list. team starting lineup.

Rendon is a one-time MLB All-Star and a one-time World Series champion with the Washington Nationals. Early in the 2023 MLB season, no hits in 6 at-bats.

The Angels start the season 2-1.