MLB has doled out punishments for the massive brawl between the Angels and Braves on Tuesday night.
The Angels’ Jorge Soler and Braves’ Reynaldo López, both at the center of the on-field dust up at Angel Stadium, were suspended seven games for the incident.
Both players are appealing their suspensions, per The Post’s Jon Heyman.
Los Angeles Angels’ Jorge Soler (12) and Atlanta Braves’ Reynaldo López (40) fight during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. AP A chaotic benches-clearing fight broke out between the teams during Atlanta’s 7-2 win that even saw Soler, the Angels’ designated hitter, and López, the Braves’ starting pitcher, throw punches at each other.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Soler took a pitch from López up-and-in that went to the backstop, allowing the Angels’ Nolan Schanuel to go from first to second base.
Soler appeared to take exception and López threw his arms out as the two exchanged words before the former came charging out to the mound, setting off the brouhaha.
“I asked him if everything was OK and the answer he gave me, I didn’t like it,” Soler said through a translator, according to MLB.com. “That’s why I went out there.”
Braves starter Reynaldo Lopez (40) winds up to hit the Angels’ Jorge Soler during a brawl on April 7, 2026. @JomboyMedia/X López, who sounded regretful after the game, appeared to punch Soler in the helmet and face with the baseball in his hands.
“It’s just a shame, the situation and how things unfolded,” López said, per MLB.com. “On my part, there was never any intent to hit him at any point. So, again, it’s just a shame.”
Soler had hit a home run off López in the first inning of the game, the fifth of his career against the right-hander.
The pair were teammates with the Braves during the second-half of the 2024 season after Soler was acquired from the Giants in a trade.
