During Sunday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz was ejected for having a foreign substance after umpires inspected his hands and glove. But he is maintaining his innocence.
Edwin Díaz was ejected from Sunday’s game and now faces a 10-game suspension after umpires claimed he had a sticky substance. But Díaz denies these allegations as he claims that he used the “same thing always” before entering the game – a combination of Rosin, sweat, and a little dirt
“I was really surprised because I didn’t have anything on my hand, my glove, my belt,” he said after the game according to ESPN. “They always check my hat, everything. They just thought that it was sticky a lot.
“As soon as they saw me, they was trying to throw me out of the game. I understood. That’s their job. That’s part of the game.”
Díaz now faces a 10-game suspension under MLB Rule 6.02 which states that players cannot “have on his person, or in his possession, any foreign substance.
He is allowed to appeal the suspension, and based on his insistence that he did not do anything wrong, it would seem that he plans to do just that.
[ESPN]
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