IS MLB DRAGGING THEIR FEET WITH GERMAN?

Spring Training will be here before we know it and the Yankees are still building the best team for 2020. We've heard about rumors to add a reliever, a left handed bat and a new backup catcher. All things that can and will be sorted out with time. But we've had a lot of time already dedicated to Domingo German's suspension....and the future is still unclear.

I guess I am not always the most patient person in the world, but as far as German's domestic violence investigation it's been four months now. That's a long time for this process, so isn't that enough to investigate and get a decision on this IF we have all of the facts?

I would like to think so. Back in November we heard from multiple sources that MLB was close to a decision, in fact there are three HERE, HERE and HERE all giving us the same information...."decision coming soon." So what gives?

Did they just get bad information? Or is there more to the story NOW that we didn't know before? The New York Post even wrote "While a penalty hasn’t been determined for the Yankees’ right-hander, 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. The fact that German spent the last nine games of the season plus the Yankees’ nine postseason contests on administrative leave upon discovery of the incident figure to be part of the negotiation between Major League Baseball and the Players Association for the final number."

We all know this isn't the first domestic violence case that MLB has encountered, so the fact that it is taking four months now leaves me wondering why this investigation is taking this long. If "German's offenses don't appear to be as egregious" as Osuna but "worse than Jeurys Familia" and that is factual information they should have enough information to make a decision, right?

German already missed the final weeks of the regular season and the postseason without being officially reprimanded by MLB. German was put on administrative leave and still does not know what additional consequences he will have as a result of this investigation. So the question of "how much more time" is still out there. The New York Post write up makes it sound like it is between 15-75 more games....we'll see if that is accurate.

We are getting close to two months since MLB was in the final stages of their investigation and players report for Spring Training next month. I'm sure the Yankees and German would like to have resolution to this so they can both prepare for the future. I don't condone what German did, but MLB should have this investigation wrapped up by now assuming they have all of the facts, and German should know what his punishment is by now.

Do you think this investigation is taking too long? How much more time do you think German will  miss? Comment and tell us.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @nyprincessj