Blue Jays Coach Suspended 5 Games

After an unusual ejection earlier this week, Toronto Blue Jays coach Guillermo Martinez has received a 5-game suspension from major league baseball.

Toronto coach Guillermo Martinez gets 5-game suspension for Wednesday’s pregame conduct toward umpiring crew in Chicago.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 24, 2022

The situation originated on Tuesday night when home plate umpire Doug Eddings missed more ball-strike calls in a Blue Jays/Chicago White Sox game than any ump has missed in any single game over the past three seasons.

He's done it again pic.twitter.com/x8bmheeCwY

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 22, 2022

This ump missed more calls in this game than any other MLB ump missed in any other game this season.

Or last season.

Or the season before that. https://t.co/tY4J2eI0L5

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 23, 2022

When Martinez brought out the lineup card before the start of the next day's game, a..."discussion"... ensued, and the Jays' coach was tossed from the game. He apparently said “You missed 26 calls last night, that’s unacceptable,” and according to MLB, made "contact" with the ump.

Blue Jays hitting coach Guillermo Martinez was SUSPENDED 5 GAMES for this pre-game exchange that got him ejected on Wednesday.

Did Martinez deserve to be suspended? 🤔pic.twitter.com/a3WnAw6SeR

— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) June 24, 2022

This is likely not the last we'll hear of this. 

Robot umps, where are you?

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