Major League Baseball announced the duration of Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland’s suspensions (respectively) on Tuesday evening.
Per Major League Baseball, Harper received a 4-game suspension, and Strickland received a 6-game suspension.
Both players appealed their suspensions and will not serve their suspensions until their cases are re-reviewed, or will not serve them at all if they’re dropped.
Around the league, fans, agents, writers, and players all reacted. Scott Boras spoke with Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports before the suspensions were issued, explaining why Harper (his client) should receive a suspension of fewer games than players typically receive when they charge the mound:
“In this situation, there is nothing prior between the clubs, no notice to the player, just a paroxysm of rage, self-centered behavior that was out of bounds.