On Thursday, Major League Baseball finally announced their decision on Domingo German's investigation. It was good timing because before the announcement was made we were wondering IS MLB DRAGGING THEIR FEET WITH GERMAN? Now that we know the outcome of the investigation I'm wondering about something else....
So Yankee fans know now that German will serve an 81 game suspension, but 63 of those games will occur during the upcoming season. The other 18 games count as time served from 2019 when he missed the end of the regular season and the postseason. So we know the punishment....but now we are left to wonder if the number of games missed fair or is it too harsh?
I am not questioning if German did something wrong here. There's no place for domestic violence, so we knew there would be consequences for this. German got his suspension and we know he's not appealing his suspension. He has agreed to counseling, and will make a donation to Sanctuary for Families, a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding victims of domestic violence. Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball are making a statement here....Domestic Violence will not be tolerated anymore. This isn't the first time baseball has dealt with domestic violence, but German's case isn't quite the same as ones in the past.
In July 2019 Odubel Herrera of the Phillies was given 85 games and May 2016 Hector Olivera on the Atlanta Braves was given 82 games. If you don't recognize any of those names it's because none of these players have appeared in the major leagues since their suspensions.
Last week we talked about the New York Post said HERE that "German’s offenses don’t appear to be as egregious as those of Astros closer Roberto Osuna, who served a 75-game suspension last year, and they’re regarded as worse than Mets reliever Jeurys Familia, who sat out the first 15 games of the 2017 season." We said that the article made it sound like the New York Post was guessing that the suspension would be between and 75 games based on their logic. I was skeptical about it.
We will probably never get additional information on what happened exactly. I just wonder how MLB concluded that 81 games was the right number when German was never charged with a crime. On the other hand, Aroldis Chapman was suspended for the first 30 games of the 2016 season after shooting a gun in his garage after a domestic dispute that prosecutors decided not to pursue.
I'm glad MLB is taking a tough stand on domestic violence. I just wonder how they got to 81 games and is that number justifiable when no charges were filed against German. I guess we have a long time to debate it since German is out until June.
Do you agree with Manfred's decision of 81 games? What will the Yankees do with German after his suspension is up? I hope Manfred will be this tough when he makes his ruling against the cheating Astros. I'm anxiously awaiting that decision too.
--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @nyprincessj
I am not condoning German's actions but without exactly knowing what he did and if the arthories were called it is impossible to make a correct guess.
ReplyDeleteThat said , that equals half a season and if it was not as bad as some why did he get more?
It seems a bit harsh , since he probally can not use the training facility to work during this time he will need another 30 to 45 days to get ready for the season .
What gives , how can MLB make a decision like this and why is the union throwing German under the bus?
If this is what he gets then everyone who participated in the Astros cheating including the players that participated should get the whole season.The players relaying the signals , the upper people who knew.If
German was punished by MLB worse than a court would.He would had recieved counseling and probation or at least time credited served for last season.
Without the exact knowing of what he did , were charges filed , had this happened before it is hard to justify 81 games to young man who needs help not throwing under the bus.
I personally feel like why doe mlb even get involved in domestic investigations, when the authorities never charged him with anything, what am I missing here,and I don't condone violence underside the game either, but 81 games is alot, just my opinion.
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