{"id":677168,"date":"2026-04-16T21:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677168\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:21:47","slug":"giants-plunk-reds-hitter-spencer-steer-after-profanity-laced-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677168\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants plunk Reds hitter Spencer Steer after profanity-laced rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Steer was plunked by a 93 MPH fastball at the outset of the Reds\u2019 matchup with the Giants on Thursday, and the beanball certainly appeared to be a response to the slugger\u2019s behavior a night prior.  <\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati left fielder was drilled in the ribs by Landen Roupp, less than 24 hours after Steer was seen cussing out San Francisco reliever JT Brubaker.<\/p>\n<p>During Wednesday\u2019s Reds vs. Giants showdown, Brubaker seemed to take offense to a late timeout Steer asked for, and in retaliation, he made Steer wait an unusual amount of time to see the next pitch.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39110204\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spencer-steer-7-cincinnati-reds-125787161_139bc6.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer Steer #7 of the Cincinnati Reds looks on during a game.\" class=\"wp-image-39110204\"  \/>Spencer Steer had quite the series against the Giants this week. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Steer was visibly peeved, as broadcast cameras caught him yelling profanities at Brubaker while the two were at a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cF\u2014k you,\u201d Steer screamed. \u201cThrow the f\u2014king ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steer then lined a base hit to left, and the Reds went on to win, 8-3.<\/p>\n<p>Roupp clearly remembered the encounter, because he appeared to purposely nail Steer with the first pitch of the outfielder\u2019s first at-bat of the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39110202\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/san-francisco-giants-pitcher-jt-125793850_5395c9.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Giants pitcher JT Brubaker (34) throwing a pitch.\" class=\"wp-image-39110202\"  \/>Giants pitcher JT Brubaker and Reds outfielder Spencer Steer had a wild spat on Wednesday night. Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The scene then sparked a game full of drama between the teams, as Giants star Willy Adames was later hit by what looked like a purposeful 98 MPH fastball.<\/p>\n<p>Following the game, which the Giants won, 3-0, the benches cleared when Erik Miller barked at the Reds in celebration of the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, no punches were thrown and both sides returned to their respective dugouts.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams will have a few months to cool off before they face again \u2014 their next series isn\u2019t until August \u2014 but it sure looks like neither side will be forgetting much between now and then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spencer Steer was plunked by a 93 MPH fastball at the outset of the Reds\u2019 matchup with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[5,2178,535,50,4259,4,536,66,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-677168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-reds","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-reds","12":"tag-cincinnatireds","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-reds","15":"tag-san-francisco-giants","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116416485745849705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}