{"id":47378,"date":"2022-08-16T21:57:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pirates-rodolfo-castro-suspended-1-game-found-for-playing-with-cellphone-in-pocket-news-scores-highlights-stats-and-rumors\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T21:57:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:57:04","slug":"pirates-rodolfo-castro-suspended-1-game-found-for-playing-with-cellphone-in-pocket-news-scores-highlights-stats-and-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pirates-rodolfo-castro-suspended-1-game-found-for-playing-with-cellphone-in-pocket-news-scores-highlights-stats-and-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates’ Rodolfo Castro Suspended 1 Game, Found for Playing with Cellphone in Pocket | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro has been suspended<\/a> one game and fined an undisclosed amount for violating MLB policy when he took the field with a cellphone.<\/p>\n

The phone slipped out of Castro’s back pocket when he slide into third base during a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n

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Bleach Report @BleacherReport<\/span><\/p>\n

His phone fell out of his pocket mid-game \ud83d\ude2d @BRWalkoff<\/a><\/p>\n

(via @BALLYSPORTSAZ<\/a>)pic.twitter.com\/yJ5Z00HemX< \/a><\/p>\n

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“I don’t think there’s any professional ballplayer that would ever go out there with any intentions of taking a cellphone,” Castro said through an interpreter, via ESPN<\/a>. “It’s horrible it happened to me. Obviously, it was very unintentional.”<\/p>\n

Per The Athletic, “Castro was in violation of Major League Baseball’s regulation prohibiting electronic devices on the field or in the dugout, except for league-approved iPads.”<\/p>\n

Castro, 23, made his major league debut in April 2021.<\/p>\n

In 27 games this season, he is hitting .239 with a .702 OPS, two home runs and five RBI.<\/p>\n

He appealed MLB’s decision, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Passan @Jeff Passan<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodolfo Castro is appealing his one-game suspension. Some executives wondered whether it warranted a longer suspension — cell phones being potentially excellent vehicles to cheat, this MLB’s chance to say: don’t. MLB clearly believed Castro’s explanation that it was an accident.<\/p>\n

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as noted by Mike Persak<\/a> of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/i>he can play during the appeal.<\/p>\n

Castro had just spent two months in Triple-A before getting called back up. The cellphone incident occurred in his first game.<\/p>\n

He’s played well in his latest stint with a .381 batting average and 1,171 OPS in 22 plate appearances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n