SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Chapman won’t be suspended for his role in last week’s benches-clearing incident the Giants and Colorado Rockies, the team announced on Friday afternoon.
“We ended up not having to do the full hearing,” Chapman said. “They just offered a settlement. We took it and felt like it was a fair deal and move on.”
Chapman had a condensed hearing on Thursday to appeal a one-game suspension he received on Sept. 3, a day after the incident. On Friday, Major League Baseball downgraded Chapman’s punishment to an undisclosed find, which was also part of the original punishment.
“I had a lot of people in my corner trying to help me out, from the Giants to (agent Scott) Boras to a lot of people,” Chapman said.
Chapman effectively missed the entirety of the Giants’ win on Sept. 2 w