Seattle Mariners outfielder Victor Robles’ 10 game-suspension for throwing a bat toward an opposing pitcher in a minor-league game has been reduced to seven games following an appeal, Major League Baseball announced Friday.
Robles will miss the first seven contests of the Mariners’ nine-game road trip, which begins Friday with the opener of a three-game set against the Cleveland Guardians. He is eligible to return on Sept. 6 for Seattle’s game against the host Atlanta Braves.
The Mariners will be one man shy on their active roster until he returns from the suspension.
Robles, 28, also was fined an undisclosed amount after his actions appealed during a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Aug. 17.
Robles took exception to a high and tight fastball from Las Vegas’ Joey Estes and flung his bat toward the mound before getting into a verbal exchange with the pitcher.
“I felt regret right away,” Robles wrote on social media following the incident. “I was the first one to acknowledge that it wasn’t the right reaction. But the emotions got the best out of me because I had been out for such a long time. I got hit five times and I got scared on the last one because it was pretty close to my shoulder and my hands. My apology not only was because of the reaction, but also to the fans, because there were kids in the stadium. We play not only for ourselves, but for the people out there that are watching and following our games.”
Robles joined the Mariners after being waived by the Washington Nationals during the 2024 season. He is batting .246 with five RBIs in 14 games this season.
A World Series champion with the Nationals in 2019, Robles is batting .247 with 35 homers and 187 RBIs in 621 games with Washington and Seattle.
