{"id":691110,"date":"2026-05-05T17:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/691110\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:15:33","slug":"mlb-suspends-pirates-rhp-chris-devenski-skipper-don-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/691110\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB suspends Pirates RHP Chris Devenski, skipper Don Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Field Level Media;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldlevelmedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Field Level Media\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"312\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bc126ea0-acd9-11ef-adff-76a94cf3e57a.png\"\/><\/a>Tue, May 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"798\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9f5c5f8dc24cad8aa0c70f358e92ee06.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>May 2, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Chris Devenski delivers the ball to the Cincinnati Reds during the sixth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Philip G. Pavely-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p> (Philip G. Pavely-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Devenski received a three-game suspension and an undisclosed fine from Major League Baseball on Tuesday for intentionally throwing at Sal Stewart of the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>MLB also announced Pirates manager Don Kelly was handed a one-game suspension and a fine. He will serve that ban in Pittsburgh&#8217;s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>After reaching a settlement, Devenski&#8217;s suspension was reduced to two games, according to multiple reports. The reliever is also expected to begin his suspension on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Devenski, 35, threw at Stewart during the top of the seventh inning of the Pirates&#8217; 17-7 home victory over the Reds.<\/p>\n<p>Devenski has a 7.71 ERA without a decision in three relief appearances this season. He owns a 27-22 record with a 3.93 ERA in 319 career appearances (eight starts) with seven teams. He was an All-Star with the Houston Astros in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue, May 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM UTC May 2, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[22,5,6965,50,6452,54,19,4,10,776,64,4297,6513],"class_list":["post-691110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-chris-devenski","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-don-kelly","tag-houston-astros","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-pirates","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-pittsburghpirates","tag-sal-stewart"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116523101954048625","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691110","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=691110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}