Yankees pitcher Domingo German receives 10-game suspension after being ejected for sticky substances

New York Yankees right-hander Domingo German has received a 10-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for violating Major League Baseball’s policy regarding the use of foreign substances.

German will not appeal the league’s ruling and will begin his suspension on Wednesday.

German escaped a sticky substance ejected last month, but was unable to get out Tuesday night.

German had retired all nine Blue Jays batters he faced on 37 pitches, but before he could take the mound for the bottom of the fourth inning, he was intercepted by the umpires.

They spent some time feeling his right hand and checking his glove for a suspected illegal substance before meeting to discuss their findings.

German was intercepted by the umpires as he took the mound for the fourth inning

Their findings caused German to be suspended, which was followed by a 10-game suspension, meaning the Yankees cannot replace him on the roster.

Crew Chief James Hoye said German’s hand was the “stickiest I’ve ever felt,” adding that the substance was “definitely not resin.”

“The moment I looked at his hand, it was extremely shiny and extremely tacky,” the crew chief told a pool reporter after the Yankees defeated Toronto 6-3 on Tuesday night. “It’s the stickiest hand I’ve ever felt. It was hard for my fingers to come off his palm.’

German denied Hoye’s accusation, saying he had nothing in his hand but resin.

“It was definitely just the rosin bag,” German said through an interpreter. “It was sweat and the resin bag. I don’t need any extra help to grab the baseball.”

The umpire crew, led by Chief Hoye, was the same one that got into trouble with German’s sticky hand on April 15 at Yankees Stadium.

In that case, German was allowed to stay in the game, despite being asked to remove rosin after the top of the third inning and still having some on his little finger to start the fourth.

German didn’t get that mercy on Tuesday, when Ian Hamilton was forced to replace him as the Yankees led 2-0.

The right-hander retired all nine Blue Jays batters on 37 pitches for the fourth

German is the second pitcher this season to receive a 10-game suspension for using a banned substance. He joins Max Scherzer of the New York Mets, who was thrown out of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in mid-April.

In nine starts this season, German is 2-3 with a 3.75 ERA.

The suspension comes amid a wave of controversy for the Yankees after Aaron Judge was accused of cheating by the Blue Jays in Game 1 Monday.

On Monday, the Yankees slugger glanced sideways before running at 114.9 mph from right-hander Jay Jackson.

Judge said he was trying to identify which of his Yankees teammates yelled at plate umpire Clint Vondrak as he peeked into his own dugout before hitting a 142-yard home run in Toronto Monday night.

“There was quite a lot of chirping from our dugout, which I really didn’t like in the situation,” said Judge. New York led 6-0 at the time and then won 7-4.

Toronto broadcasters noticed Judge peeking into his own dugout before his homer and speculated that he was looking for some sort of signal.

Aaron Judge was questioned about watching the bench during an at-bat in the previous game

After facing the bench, Judge hit a 142-yard home run at a runout speed of 114.9 mph

Moments earlier, Aaron Boone had yelled at plate umpire Clint Vondrak during the game

As Boone made his hit off the field, the Yankees team was apparently still calling

Three pitches earlier, Vondrak ejected Boone for arguing over a low strike call to Judge. Boone came out of the dugout to vent to Vondrak and crew chief Hoye.

Judge said some of his teammates were still voicing their displeasure from the back of the Boone row as his batting continued.

“I feel like after the manager does his thing, it’s like, ‘Guys, our pitcher still needs to get out and make some pitches.’ We’re in charge, let’s just get to work here,” Judge said.

“I said a few things to some guys in the dugout and especially after the game. Hopefully it won’t happen again.’