Minnesota Twins reliever Tyler Duffey has been suspended three games for throwing a pitch behind Chicago White Sox rookie Yermin Mercedes.
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli also has been suspended one game. Both Duffey and Baldelli have been fined an undisclosed amount.
Major League Baseball announced the suspension Thursday, two days after Duffey threw the pitch in apparent retaliation for Mercedes' controversial home run off a 3-0 pitch in a blowout victory.
Duffey has elected to appeal the suspension, but Baldelli will serve his one-game ban for the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against the Los Angeles Angels.