MLB issued seven-game suspensions to Cade Cavalli and Willson Contreras following an on-field incident during a Nationals-Red Sox game. Verified reports confirm the penalties and Cavalli's apology for using the word 'boy'; multiple details of the exchange remain unverified and sourced only to the New York Post.
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“Nationals' Cade Cavalli, Red Sox's Willson Contreras suspended 7 games by MLB - USA Today”
Read at USA Today →“Cade Cavalli, Willson Contreras hit with seven-game suspensions after benches-clearing brawl”
Read at New York Post →The episode shows how language with racial history escalates conflict and why equal penalties may overlook power dynamics.
“Need for MLB to treat slurs as distinct misconduct”
Equal discipline equates words with physical escalation and reflects institutional over-sensitivity to language.
“Priority of consistent conduct standards over optics”
MLB exercised private contractual authority to penalize conduct that threatened game order.
“Voluntary acceptance of league rules by players”
All prior views treat single-source details as settled and overlook the multi-player ejections and actual MLB citation standards.
“Flattening of a bench-clearing incident into a two-person culture-war story”
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