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During Wednesday’s series finale between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, things got a little…chippy. A little more than 24 hours after the benches cleared following some chin music from Mets reliever Yoan López to St. Louis third baseman, Nolan Arenado, MLB has handed down its decision on who will be disciplined from the fracas.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported the following news:

It’s interesting that Lopez only received a fine. After all, his pitch was the one that got everyone all hot and bothered before the benches and bullpens emptied. Judging from the series of events, it’s not overly surprising that Arenado received the heaviest suspension, as his reaction to the up-and-in pitch is what accelerated the on-field conflict.

As for Taijuan Walker and Jack Flaherty, they were both fined because they participated in this incident while still being on the Injured List. Possibly the most interesting part of all? Well, that’d be Cardinals’ first base coach, Stubby Clapp — he tackled Pete Alonso during this ordeal, but seemingly escaped without receiving any kind of discipline from the league.

The Mets have gotten hit by pitches so often to start 2022, though, that it didn’t really matter who was on the other side of the diamond — they’re frustrated and needed to let everyone know about it. New York has made enough noise about this situation (they’ve been hit 19 times in 20 games, people), that someone from the league office will be at Citi Field on Friday to discuss it with them.

It’s hard to really make sense as to why the Mets are getting hit so often with pitches, and with much more frequency than any other team in the league. Whether or not there’s intent, they’re right to be frustrated with what’s going on. They’ve been lucky to escape any serious injuries, but the squad can’t keep depending on that. Opposing pitchers are just going to have to control the ball a little bit better moving forward.