Major League Baseball announced on Thursday that the Mets' Max Scherzer has been suspended for 10 games after being ejected during Wednesday's game against the Dodgers following an illegal substance check.

Scherzer will not appeal the penalty and will begin serving his suspension immediately.

"I went to the appeal process, looked at what the appeal process was going to look like and thought I was going to get in front of a neutral arbitrator and it wasn't," Scherzer told reporters. "It was going to be through MLB. Given that process, I wasn't going to come out on top."

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The suspension means that Scherzer will be available to return on May 1 against the Braves.