The Royals announced today that pitchers Yordano Ventura, Edinson Volquez and Kelvin Herrera as well as outfielder Lorenzo Cain will appeal their suspensions handed down by Major League Baseball earlier today for their roles in an on-field incident Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Field.

MLB will meet with all four players in the near future to hear their appeal.  Until the appeals process is completed, all four players remain eligible to participate in games. 

Seven players have received discipline for their roles in the on-field incident in the bottom of the seventh inning of Thursday’s game between the Royals and the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Major League Baseball announced today.  Joe Garagiola, Jr., MLB’s Senior VP of Standards & On-Field Operations, made the announcement.

          The following players have been disciplined for their actions leading up to and/or during the incident:

·         Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura has received a seven-game suspension;

·         Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez has received a five-game suspension;

·         Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain has received a two-game suspension;

·         Royals pitcher Kelvin Herrera has received a two-game suspension;

·         White Sox pitcher Chris Sale has received a five-game suspension;

·         White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija has received a five-game suspension.

All six players also received an undisclosed fine in addition to a suspension.  In addition, White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers has received an undisclosed fine.

Unless appealed, all suspensions are scheduled to be effective on Sunday, when the Clubs are to continue their series in Chicago.  If any player elects to appeal, then his suspension will be held in abeyance until the process is complete.

David Ortiz has been suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball.

Ortiz made contact with umpire John Tumpane during the fifth inning of Sunday's game against the Baltimore Orioles.

The Boston Red Sox designated hitter was ejected by Tumpane after the batter was upset that third-base ump Jerry Meals called a swing on an attempted check of a 1-1 pitch.

Ortiz is hitting .220/.340/.390 in 12 games this season.

Kelvin Herrera has been suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing a pitch behind Brett Lawrie's head during Sunday's game between the Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics.

Yordano Ventura was also fined an undisclosed amount for his role in the ongoing dispute between the teams.

Herrera can appeal his suspension or it can take effect beginning Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins.

Atlanta Braves left-hander Andrew McKirahanhas been suspended 80 games after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.

McKirahan reportedly apologized to his teammates on Sunday. He was suspended for using Ipamorelin, a cream, during Spring Training.

The 25-year-old has pitched 4.1 innings for the Braves this season with a 4.15 ERA and two strikeouts.

Major League Baseball is investigating four recent positive tests for the steroid stanozolol along "the same model" as its 2013 Biogenesis probe, according to Rob Manfred.

Jenrry Mejia was suspended for 80 games Saturday, the fourth player in 16 days banned under the Major League drug program following a positive test for stanozolol.

Mejia's discipline came after positive tests and suspensions for Ervin Santana, David Rollins and Arodys Vizcaino.

"Other than the similarity of substance, I have no reason to believe right now that they're connected," Manfred said. "Having said this, whenever we have a series of tests for a single substance, we undertake an investigative effort to determine whether there's a connection and what that connection might be. If you look back, the very beginning of Biogenesis was the fact that we had a series of testosterone positives that began our investigative process, so we'll follow that same model."

Mets closer Jenrry Mejia has "disappointed" his teammates and coaches with the announcement of his 80-game suspension for the use of the steroid Stanozolol on Saturday.

"We're very disappointed. I mean, extremely disappointed," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We came into this whole thing in spring training with huge expectations and the back end of our bullpen being very, very strong. So we're all shocked and disappointed, but we stand by the rules and what Major League Baseball has put down. We'll have to regroup and get through the next 80 games with somebody else."

Mejia was suspended after testing positive for Stanozolol, MLB announced.

Josh Hamilton won't be disciplined by the MLB for his latest problems involving cocaine and alcohol. 

Team officials responded by saying they were surprised and disappointed.

Jerry Dipoto, general manager of the Los Angeles Angels, said he disagrees with the ruling by an arbitrator appointed under MLB's joint drug program with the players' association. MLB said earlier Friday that it disagreed with the ruling.

Hamilton has played poorly during the first two years of his five-year, $125 million contract with the Angels, who still owe him $83 million in salary over the next three years.

The Angels' public stance supporting punishment of Hamilton is the most visible evidence yet of the club's disenchantment with him.

"Do I agree with the decision that was made by the treatment board? Absolutely not,'' Dipoto said. "But that's not my decision to make."

Ervin Santana has been suspended 80 games without pay for testing positive for stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance. The suspension is effective for the first 80 games of the regular season.

Santana said he did not know how the PED got into his system.

"I preach hard work, and don't believe in short cuts," Santana said. "I am very disappointed that I tested positive for a performance enhancing drug. I am frustrated that I can't pinpoint how the substance in question entered my body. I would never knowingly take anything illegal to enhance my performance."

Mike Pelfrey will be the No. 5 starter to take Santana's spot in the rotation.

"It's disappointing. It's difficult," Twins GM Terry Ryan said. "We had a fairly decent spring. Now we've got to regroup here and hopefully it won't affect us as we move forward."