MLB will suspend Machado for five games. Machado plans to appeal.

[Greg]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Source: MLB will suspend Machado for five games. Machado plans to appeal.</p>— Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) <a href="

">June 10, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Machado is being suspended 5 games and fined. Abad just getting a fine <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orioles&src=hash">#Orioles</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Athletics&src=hash">#Athletics</a></p>— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href="

">June 10, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[xian4]

Just take the suspension and concentrate on getting refreshed.

[Old#5fan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Source: MLB will suspend Machado for five games. Machado plans to appeal.</p>— Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) <a href="

">June 10, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Machado is being suspended 5 games and fined. Abad just getting a fine <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orioles&src=hash">#Orioles</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Athletics&src=hash">#Athletics</a></p>— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href="

">June 10, 2014</a></blockquote>

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He should easily win his appeal IMHO. ABAD's non-suspension is a joke.... his aim was a thousand times better than Manny's in trying to seriously hurt someone with a surgically repaired knee, and not just once but TWICE!

[ChrisP]

He needs to take it. Appeals are pointless..See you in 5 games and hope you learned you can't throw a tantrun on the field.

[Malike]

Should have been 10 games, probably, but just take the 5 and move on.

[Frobby]

An appeal might ge the suspension knocked down from 5 games to 3, or something like that. I doubt Manny avoids suspension. I am surprised Abad got off that lightly.

[Stotle]

Should have been 10 games, probably, but just take the 5 and move on.

Image over MLBPA insistence (if they do insist on an appeal). Take the five and come out firing next week!

[Redskins Rick]

Should have been 10 games, probably, but just take the 5 and move on.

10 games, really? Wow.

I was thinking 3, and maybe after the appeals, it's knocked down to 3.

[webbrick2010]

Appealing makes his apology look insincere, which it probably was.

I wonder who counseled him to appeal?

[Malike]

10 games, really? Wow.

I was thinking 3, and maybe after the appeals, it's knocked down to 3.

Yeah, pitchers throw at batters many times a year. Batters don't throw baseball bats into the field of play because they are angry. There are coaches, players, umps out there. Its reckless and should never happen, its "not a part of baseball" like pitching in.

[Frobby]

Appealing makes his apology look insincere, which it probably was.

I don't agree. The appeal is about the sentence, not the crime.

[Dr. Unk]

I figured it would be 5 days. I agree, just take the punishment and move on.

[LoyalBirdFan]

OH NO!!!!!!!!! What are we going to do without our #2 hitter for 5 games?

[Malike]

OH NO!!!!!!!!! What are we going to do without our #2 hitter for 5 games?

Probably go 5-0.

[Snutchy]

There is a method to this. Machado and the O's want him to get through the BOS and TOR games.