As San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado appeals a one-game suspension for "aggressively arguing and making contact" with home plate umpire Bill Welke following his ejection during Saturday night's loss to the Colorado Rockies, the Major League Baseball Umpires Association believes the punishment was too light.
The MLBUA called the punishment a "slap in the face of all umpires" and a "disgrace to the game itself," noting Machado "violently" threw his bat during the incident, per The Athletic's Marc Carig:
Marc CarigThe u2066@MLBUAu2069 gets into more detail on its Facebook page, blasting @mlb for a 1 game suspension of Manny Machado: https://t.