Major League Baseball suspended Milwaukee Brewers reliever Abner Uribe for one game and fined him after a DX chop celebration toward the St. Louis Cardinals dugout during Tuesday’s 6-0 win. Uribe appealed the punishment, delaying when the penalty can be served.
The suspension had been set to take effect Friday night against the Houston Astros, but that will wait until MLB rules on the appeal. Uribe struck out Alec Burleson in the eighth inning, then made the gesture in the direction of the Cardinals dugout, setting off a penalty that could have kept him out of the Brewers’ next game.
The timing matters because the Brewers have been rolling. They swept the Cardinals, entered the weekend with a three-game winning streak and were 33-20, with Uribe one of five Brewers relievers to appear in at least 20 games this season. He has pitched in 21 games, covering 19.1 innings with 15 hits, eight walks, 21 strikeouts and a 4.19 ERA.
Uribe said after the game that he understood his reaction was unacceptable and that he owed the Brewers an apology. Brewers manager Pat Murphy was blunter, saying the celebration was unacceptable and embarrassing and adding, “I was embarrassed by it.” Murphy also said, “That’s just unacceptable. I don’t know what got over him. I mean, he’s been an emotional guy, but that kind of thing, that’s just not how we do things.”
Uribe said Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol had been making signs toward the Brewers dugout during Monday’s series opener, saying he was going to be hitting guys. That explanation did not keep MLB from acting, and it fit a pattern that already hangs over Uribe’s name. This was his second career suspension; he previously sat out six games for his role in a brawl against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 1, 2024, and was fined $24,108.
For now, the only question that controls the punishment is when MLB decides the appeal. Until then, the one-game suspension stays on hold, and Uribe remains available to the Brewers while the league weighs whether Friday night should still be the day he sits.
