Anthony Rendon declines to comment after fan altercation, remains in Angels lineup

Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon stated he couldn’t focus on an altercation with an Oakland Athletics fan on opening evening that was captured on video and circulated broadly on social media.

Main League Baseball confirmed it’s wanting into the incident, whereas the Oakland Police Division acknowledged it was investigating a battery on the Oakland Coliseum captured on surveillance video. OPD has not confirmed Rendon was concerned within the incident beneath assessment.

“It’s an ongoing investigation, so sadly I can’t remark,” Rendon stated.

Angels normal supervisor Perry Minasian and supervisor Phil Nevin additionally declined to touch upon the incident Saturday morning due to the investigation.

MLB handles all participant self-discipline and can in the end decide whether or not Rendon faces a suspension.

Rendon is within the lineup for Saturday’s sport towards Oakland, the second of their season-opening sequence, and is slated to bat fourth.

Rendon was caught on a number of movies grabbing a fan’s shirt at Oakland Coliseum after Thursday’s sport.

In a single video he may very well be heard asking the A’s fan, “What did you say? … Yeah, you known as me a b—, huh?” The fan repeatedly shook his head whereas his chest was pinned towards the stadium railing as Rendon saved pulling his shirt, saying, “It wasn’t me.” Rendon responded, “Yeah, you probably did” a number of occasions earlier than releasing the shirt, releasing the fan to drag again from the railing as Rendon took an open-handed swipe on the invoice of the fan’s hat and stated, “Get the f— out of right here.”