BALTIMORE -- A source close to the situation called a Yahoo! Sports report that the Royals had offered up right-hander Yordano Ventura in trade talks within the past month "complete and utter nonsense."
Ventura, who was ejected twice last season and suspended once, is at the forefront again after his involvement in a brawl Tuesday night with the Orioles. After being plunked in the back with a fastball in the fifth inning, Manny Machado charged the mound and threw a punch at Ventura, prompting both benches and bullpens to empty.
Both players were ejected.