Pew pew pew...
He's a "true" Yankee now.
Just enough to not get them the extra year.
We miss you Mike.
Wow, 30 days for domestic violence. Imagine if he had used drugs, then he'd really be in trouble. Luckily, it was just something silly.
Seriously though, what kind of message does it send to your female fans when your organization suspends someone for 50 games for using PEDs and a whole season for using them twice, but only 30 days for assaulting their wife/girlfriend? Ray Rice beat a woman into unconsciousness, on video, and he got off with less of a punishment than most guys get for smoking pot or getting a DUI.
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
No precedent, no charges filed. No smoking gun (like say, a security cam video). The fact is the only thing that they could prove was the gun stuff - and note the only thing Chapman is copping to. Manfred was in a tough spot - this was not a pending case, and the union (correctly) would fight tooth and nail over something large because of the precedent it would set. (essentially a giant suspension on what effectively becomes hearsay) 30 games is a good outcome here.
Now the Reyes business - where there ARE criminal proceedings - will be much more educational. That could be much higher.
Manfred was in a tough situation here.
The police were unable to find enough evidence to charge Chapman with anything. It sounds like it was a classic "he said, she said" situation where both sides changed their stories. Clearly something happened that night, but it's kind of hard to pin a domestic violence charge on a player who wasn't charged with domestic violence, or with anything for that matter.
Believe me, I don't take domestic abuse lightly. Under the circumstances, I think Manfred did the best he could. I think he set a good precedent and I think he sent a strong message.
It will be interesting to see what happens with Reyes.
Rice was a RB on the downturn. Chapman throws 103mph. We have the pen to get by for the month. I obviously wished it was 49 games or more, but whatever. He misses a month and comes back May 9th. No biggie
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Please let me know when jacko changes his avatar back from the fat guy so I can take him off ignore.
The fat guy is probably him at work watching porn.