Oakland Police close investigation into Angels' Anthony Rendon after altercation with fan

Oakland Police have officially closed their investigation into Los Angeles Angels’ third baseman Anthony Rendon. That investigation stemmed from an incident that occurred early in the season when he grabbed an Oakland A’s fan and swiped at the fan.

The investigation was based on a video that surfaced of the incident. The Athletic reported that Oakland Police opened the investigation based on video and no victim contacted them over the incident. In the video, Rendon is seen grabbing the fan, saying, “You called me a b****, huh?”

No arrests are stemming from the investigation. You can view the video, here:

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MLB did take measures against Anthony Rendon. He was initially suspended five games by MLB before his suspension was reduced to four games. On top of that, Rendon was fined an undisclosed amount by MLB.

“I let my emotions get the best of me,” Anthony Rendon said. Rendon also said that he apologized to the fan over the phone.

Unfortunately for Rendon, this was another incident that took him off the field for the Angels. Since signing a seven year and $245 million contract with the Angels, he’s missed a significant amount of time with injuries. In his fourth season of the contract, Rendon has only played in 187 games. His WAR is just 3.5. That’s very disappointing compared to the 30.0 WAR he posted in seven seasons with the Washington Nationals.

Anthony Rendon is currently on the injured list and hasn’t played since May 13th.

College coach praises rookie Angels pitcher

The Angels recently called up Ben Joyce, one of the organization’s top pitching prospects to the majors. In two appearances, Joyce has lit up the radar gun and struck out four batters in two innings pitched.

Now, his college coach Tony Vitello has explained that he’s happy for Joyce but that he’s also not surprised that he’s found early success in his career.

“It was pretty cool listening to the announcers because they were very complimentary, as they should. Hard work. Anyone, you know, you see it with our program in a bunch of different ways but don’t judge a book by its cover. You never know someone’s backstory and anyone who follows him outside of this community, might jump to the conclusion, well, he’s big and strong and, you know, easy for him,” Vitello said.

“He’s 100 percent created the, I almost say the thing, which is more of a compliment, the thing that he’s become has come with work ethic, and I’ve said it before but I can’t say it enough, I mentioned it to the guys, he has created the individual that he’s become, and I don’t see him slowing down because I know that the work is not going to slow down.”