3:56 pm: Seattle supervisor Scott Servais confirmed (by means of Jesse Rogers of ESPN) that Santiago was considered to have utilized a foreign substance but claimed Cuzzis judgment was incorrect. Rosin is permitted under the leagues substance policy.
2:19 pm: Mariners left-hander Héctor Santiago was ejected from todays video game versus the White Sox by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi after a between-innings foreign compound inspection, Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post was amongst those to relay. Santiagos glove was seized. (Ben Verlander of Fox Sports provides video of the incident).
Assuming Santiagos ejection was the result of umpires spotting a foreign substance, hell be subject to a ten-day suspension under the regards to Major League Baseballs new enforcement of the restriction against ball doctoring. He would become the very first gamer to be disciplined since MLBs crackdown went into impact on Monday. The Mariners would not be allowed to replace him on the active or 40-man lineups during the course of any suspension.
The 33-year-old Santiago first appeared in the majors in 2011 and has thrown simply under 1000 innings at the big league level. Signed to a small league deal last month, hes made 9 looks because being picked to the lineup. Santiago got in play today with a 2.45 ERA/2.89 SIERA throughout 14 2/3 innings.