MLB Fans Are Irate That The League Suspended Nick Castellanos For Flexing All Over The Cardinals

The MLB announced today that Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos will be suspended two games for his antics against the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend. He will be appealing the decision.

Nick Castellanos has received a 2-game suspension for his actions in Saturday's Reds-Cardinals game. pic.twitter.com/HizoWpxF2d

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 5, 2021

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Castellanos was hit by a pitch by the Cardinals’ Jake Woodford on Saturday, and would come around to score on a Wild Pitch. He made sure to stand over Woodford when he scored and the young pitcher was covering home plate. This all came in wake of Nick Castellanos pimping the hell out of a home run on Opening Day.

Needless to say, fans are upset that Nick Castellanos was suspended just for making the Cardinals’ blood boil a little.

So Castellanos gets thrown at on purpose, later scores a run and flexes on the pitcher. He gets suspended 2 more games than any Astro did for cheating the entire game of baseball ? Do I have that right? https://t.co/3a3blDgtxI

— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) April 5, 2021

Nick Castellanos getting suspended two games for something that happens literally every night in the NBA is baseball culture in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/dxlbJL9spV

— Joon Lee (@joonlee) April 5, 2021

What the hell did Nick Castellanos get suspended for? There was no fight and the last time I checked, flexing at home plate is not a suspendable offense. What a wild decision by the league office.

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) April 5, 2021

MLB: “Let the kids play!”

Nick Castellanos *plays*

MLB: “No, not like that…”

— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) April 5, 2021

MLB suspended #Reds Nicholas Castellanos 2 games. #StLCards Jake Woodford wasn't even fined. Understand hard to read intent, but seemed Woodford hit Castellanos on purpose. So dangerous act goes unpunished and the reactive, non-contact gestures are punished #Wrong

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) April 5, 2021

Absurd. I can’t believe Castellanos neck just grabbed Molina’s hand like that. https://t.co/ehwtNgWi8M

— Jason Brown (@brown_jason) April 5, 2021

https://twitter.com/GoatJoeBurreaux/status/1379121526679728135

Castellanos has appealed the 2-game suspension #Reds. I think his case should be simple: Go to MLB and say, I thought you wanted to 1) “Let the kid’s play" and 2) protect players from dangerous actions on the field. If that is the case, how did I get suspended?

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) April 5, 2021

https://twitter.com/PaulByrd36/status/1379147729071378438

Castellanos really got a longer suspension for taunting than any Houston Astros player for cheating to win a world series lmao this league is broken

— Gaurav (@gvedak) April 5, 2021

If Castellanos gets suspended I cannot defend MLB if people start to lose interest in the game

Not a single punch was thrown, it was all passion, and if you really want to point fingers look all over

Also, can someone remind me how many games the Astros players got suspended?

— Optimistic Reds (@CincyRedsNation) April 5, 2021

“I am disappointed that Nick was suspended even though he did not initiate physical contact,” Reds manager David Bell said via ESPN. “I am hopeful that when baseball is played with emotion, the players will be protected from dangerous and unnecessary retaliation.”

Hopefully the MLB overturns this brutal suspension. If we want to see the game of baseball grow and evolve, we need to embrace players who play like Nick Castellanos.

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