Aroldis Chapman, the New York Yankees closer, will miss the first two games of the 2021 season. Yesterday he had his suspension hearing for throwing at the head of Mike Brosseau at the bottom of the ninth inning of a game on September 1 at Tropicana Field in a game that the Yankees won 5-3.
Chapman was originally suspended for three games, but that was overturned by a special assistant to the commissioner, John McHale Jr., and reduced to two days. The original suspension was announced shortly after the incident by Chris Young, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of baseball operations.