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As Oakland A’s outfielder Ramon Laureano waits through the appeals process for his six-game suspension, another MLB player received a favorable result in a similar situation.
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly had his own suspension reduced from eight games to five, reports Jared Carrabis of Barstool Sports as well as Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.
Like Laureano, Kelly’s penalty came after a dust-up with the Houston Astros. He threw at Astros hitters’ heads several times, although he never actually hit anyone, and then after the inning he did so much taunting on the way back to the dugout that the benches cleared.