{"id":479061,"date":"2025-08-18T17:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/victor-robles-loses-control-and-is-ejected-after-throwing-bat-at-pitcher\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:58:38","slug":"victor-robles-loses-control-and-is-ejected-after-throwing-bat-at-pitcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/victor-robles-loses-control-and-is-ejected-after-throwing-bat-at-pitcher\/","title":{"rendered":"V\u00edctor Robles loses control and is ejected after throwing bat at pitcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong> \u2014 Dominican outfielder <strong>V\u00edctor Robles<\/strong>, belonging to the <strong>Seattle Mariners<\/strong>, starred in a moment of tension in the minor leagues after reacting angrily after being hit by a pitch during his rehabilitation process.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>;<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/gigantes-del-cibao-anuncian-al-lanzador-derecho-daniel-mengden\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gigantes del Cibao announce right-handed pitcher Daniel Mengden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe incident occurred on Sunday in the Triple-A game between the <strong>Tacoma Rainiers<\/strong> and the <strong>Las Vegas Aviators<\/strong>, when in the third inning Robles was hit by a pitch from pitcher <strong>Joey Estes<\/strong>. Immediately, the Dominican threw his bat in the direction of the mound, which led to his ejection from the game.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Longer look at Victor Robles tossing the bat at the pitcher after getting hit, Robles also hucked a caddy of sunflower seeds onto the field after they got him to go back to the dugout <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cx7pKfeeGX\">pic.twitter.com\/cx7pKfeeGX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CJ Fogler \ud83e\udee1 (@cjzero) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cjzero\/status\/1957301804707778704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nThis was the fourth time in five games that Robles had been hit by a pitch in that series, a situation that ignited his frustration. After leaving the field, he threw objects from the dugout, escalating the controversy.\n\nThe 28-year-old player is in the process of recovering from a <strong>dislocation in his left shoulder<\/strong>, an injury suffered in April after making a spectacular catch in San Francisco. Before the break, he was recording a <strong>.273 average with three doubles and three stolen bases<\/strong> in the season with Seattle.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Apology Message<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250818_175641-1-599x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518404\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Monday, Robles used his social media to offer a public apology, explaining that emotional and personal factors influenced his reaction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to take a moment to sincerely apologize for my recent reaction on the field. I let frustration get the better of me and I understand how that could have affected not only the game, but also the energy and respect that we all work so hard to maintain,\u201d he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Dominican added that the rehabilitation process has been &#8220;a challenge both physically and mentally&#8221;, aggravated by the recent death of his mother, a situation that has strongly affected his emotional stability.\n\nHe also acknowledged that the <strong>five hit-by-pitches he received in just 15 at-bats<\/strong> increased the pressure, although he made it clear that &#8220;that doesn&#8217;t justify&#8221; his behavior.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am committed to being better, not only as a player, but also as a teammate and competitor. I appreciate your understanding and am grateful to be back on the field doing what I love,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Way back<\/h3>\n\n\nRobles continues with his assignment in Tacoma, while the Mariners await his prompt reincorporation into the <strong>MLB<\/strong>. The team has not confirmed whether the incident will have additional disciplinary repercussions.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2014 Dominican outfielder V\u00edctor Robles, belonging to the Seattle Mariners, starred in a moment of tension in the minor leagues after reacting angrily after being hit by a pitch during his rehabilitation process. You may be interested in;Gigantes del Cibao announce right-handed pitcher Daniel Mengden The incident occurred on Sunday in the Triple-A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":479063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,39774,13766,40853],"class_list":["post-479061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-20CN","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250818_175658.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250818_175658.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}