The season of The Angels Angels It did not start in the best way when they were defeated 2-1 by the Oakland Athletics in the MLB Opening Day And now things seem to have gotten even more complicated.
MLB announced that it has begun an investigation into the confrontation between third baseman Anthony Rendón and an A’s fan at the Oakland Coliseum.
In a video posted on social networks, Rendón holds a fan by his shirt and points out that he called him a ‘bitch’. The Los Angeles infielder continues with the attack while the fan denies having done it. Subsequently, the player of Mexican descent tried to hit him in the face, but failed to connect.
Rendón had a bad performance in the first game of the season 2023 Major League Baseball as he failed to connect with the ball in all three at-bats, struck out twice and walked to first base once.
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Angels’ response to Anthony Rendón
Los Angeles told multiple news outlets that they had no comment on the situation. and that Rendón would be available to discuss the altercation leading up to Saturday’s game.
According to Spotrac, Rendón has the highest salary in the Los Angeles squad. The salary of 38 million dollars is higher than that of Mike Trout (35.45 million dollars) and that of Shohei Ohtani (30 million dollars).
