Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt to retire after season

San Francisco Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt is retiring after the season, not a surprise move for the 14-year veteran as he turns his attention to family and further involvement with several causes he has worked with for years.

The left-hander announced Thursday this would be his last weekend of baseball as the reigning World Series champions end the year without a playoff berth. Affeldt, 36, was the 2014 World Series Game 7 winner at Kansas City and is completing an $18-million, three-year contract.

While Affeldt had kept open the idea of pitching one more year when this season began, he said he would listen to his three sons to help him make the decision — if they wanted him home, that might win out. Wife Larisa had been supportive of him continuing to pitch.

Mets’ Robles suspended three games

New York Mets reliever Hansel Robles has been suspended for three games for throwing near the head of a batter after both teams had been warned.

Major League Baseball announced the suspension and an unspecified fine Thursday, a day after Robles and Manager Terry Collins were ejected in the sixth inning of a 7-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.

In the third, Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes left the game with bruises on two fingers of his left hand after he was hit by a pitch.

Cespedes’ replacement, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, later was hit. After that, Odubel Herrera of the Phillies was plunked in the back. Then both teams were warned.

Robles called his pitch to Cameron Rupp “a fastball that got away.” Collins said that “you can’t miss that bad up around the head.”

Unless it is appealed, Robles’ suspension will start Friday at home against the Washington Nationals. The right-hander is 4-3 with a 3.57 ERA in 56 appearances this season.

Jessica Mendoza to call AL wild-card game

Jessica Mendoza will become the first female analyst to call a nationally televised MLB postseason game when she works the American League wild-card matchup next week for ESPN.

Mendoza had replaced Curt Schilling on the network’s top MLB announcing team for the rest of the regular season after the former pitcher was suspended last month in the wake of his anti-Muslim tweet. ESPN said that Mendoza will remain in the role alongside Dan Shulman and John Kruk for Tuesday’s wild-card game.

Schilling said Sunday that he would return to the network’s studio coverage later in the playoffs.

The 34-year-old Mendoza won two Olympic medals with the U.S. softball team.

The AL wild-card matchup is ESPN’s only 2015 postseason game.

Braves promote Coppolella to GM

The Atlanta Braves have promoted John Coppolella to general manager after three seasons as assistant general manager.

The move was announced Thursday by Braves president of baseball operations John Hart. The team said in a statement Coppolella has agreed to a four-year contract through the 2019 season, a term that will include the Braves’ first three seasons at their new SunTrust Park.

The promotion was expected. Coppolella has worked with Hart since October 2014 in all duties normally handled by a general manager, including player evaluations and contract negotiations.

The 37-year-old Coppolella is in his ninth season in the organization. He focused on the player development, amateur scouting and international scouting departments this year.