Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham agreed to a three-game suspension after slapping San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson before Friday's game, he said on Saturday. Pham said the suspension began on Friday night.

In addition to a disagreement over a fantasy football league, Pham said Pederson said some "disrespectful shit" about his former team, the Padres, in a text message.

"It was regarding my former team. I didn’t like that and I didn’t like the sketchy shit going on in the fantasy," Pham said on Saturday. We had too much money on the line, so I look at it like there’s a code. You’re fucking with my money, then you’re going to say some disrespectful shit, there’s a code to this."

The incident occurred during batting practice before Cincinnati's 5-1 victory at Great American Ball Park.

"He kind of came up and said like 'you remember from last year?'" Pederson told reporters after the game. "And I was like 'fantasy football?' He was like 'yeah.'"