Priorities

Let me see if I’ve got this straight—Royals’ starter Yordano Ventura, a train wreck in waiting on the mound, gets a seven-game suspension for precipitating a fight with the White Sox (not to be confused with the fine he received for hitting the A’s Brett Lawrie) while Brewers’ reliever Will Smith gets eight games for having some kind of gunk on his arm.  In the world of Commissioner Bob Manfred, throwing a spitter constitutes a greater offense than hitting a batter.  Good to know.