CHICAGO — Billy Butler missed the last two games against the White Sox because he was injured in an altercation with teammate Danny Valencia, The Chronicle has learned.
No one in the Oakland clubhouse would discuss the matter on the record, but no one denied that it occurred, either.
“No comment,” Valencia said Sunday after the team’s 4-2 loss to the White Sox. “What happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse.”
Manager Bob Melvin would not comment on the incident, which occurred Friday night, according to sources.