Overview
- The reduction from 10 games to seven comes with an undisclosed fine, and Robles is eligible to return Sept. 6 at Atlanta.
- The suspension covers Friday’s opener in Cleveland through the series in Tampa Bay, the first seven games of a nine-game trip.
- Seattle will play a man short on the active roster during the ban, with September roster expansion easing the squeeze after Monday.
- The discipline stems from an Aug. 17 Triple-A rehab game in which Robles threw his bat toward Las Vegas pitcher Joey Estes after a high-and-tight pitch.
- Robles apologized on social media, and during the appeal he appeared in four MLB games (2-for-13) after returning from an April 6 shoulder dislocation.