What I am wondering is at what level of enforcement they will employ. I mean, those first few games, there could be 50 infractions. or, they might just make an example out of a few. Or they might just decide, certain teams are too valuable for baseball and will favor selective enforcement from the less-essential ones.
Just a reminder that you all are allowed to root for the Rangers (2:40pm CT) this one day only (vs Mike F#cking Fiers). Show the love (cough, cough, choke, puke)
LOL drones, air horns ... I'm here for ALL the weirdness. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...r-horn-being-blown-outside-phillies-ballpark/
r/baseball with the mental gymnastics defending the A's bench coach who kept doing the nazi salute; just idiotic
Per sources, tonight's #STLCards game has been postponed due to further positive Covid test result(s).
Go home, you're grounded. The Indians’ decision to send right-hander Zach Plesac back to Cleveland on Sunday is the most vivid example yet of how major-league teams are growing increasingly vigilant about self-policing their rosters. Plesac upset teammates and club officials by going out with friends in Chicago on Saturday night in violation of team rules and the league’s health and safety protocols, sources told The Athletic. The Indians, fearing an outbreak of COVID-19 similar to those that occurred with the Marlins and Cardinals, took quick action to isolate Plesac from his teammates and the rest of the club’s traveling party. The pitcher will be quarantined for 72 hours and tested daily, and the team could take additional preventative measures, sources said. Plesac, 25, pitched six scoreless innings Saturday afternoon in a 7-1 victory over the White Sox, improving his ERA to 1.29 in three starts. He is next scheduled to start in Detroit on Saturday. According to Major League Baseball’s updated protocols, released to clubs through a joint memo with the Players Association on Wednesday, staff and players must notify their club’s compliance officer if they intend to leave the team hotel on the road for any reason. Before learning of Plesac’s violation, Indians team members and president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti were vocal in late July about the need to maintain internal discipline as a way to protect each other from the virus. “This isn’t going to be a ‘run to daddy’ kind of thing. We’re going to handle it in-house. This is a player discipline thing. Keep the coaches, front office kind of out of it,” pitcher Mike Clevinger said. “It puts a little extra accountability, kind of. Just having that trust in your teammates is a big thing. It’s a big thing on the field. If you feel your teammate doesn’t trust you off the field how are you going to feel like he trusts you when you get between the lines?” Said Antonetti, “We’re all compliance officers. It’s each of our responsibilities to make sure that everyone, not only themselves, but each other are following the protocols as best as we can. Our guys have been really earnest in doing that and following through.” This was the second such incident for the Indians, who during training camp ordered outfielder Franmil Reyes to stay away from their park after social media reports showed him in attendance at a July 4 party without a mask. Manager Terry Francona said then, “He’s not in the penalty box. I want to make that perfectly clear.” But the Indians did not allow Reyes to return until he twice tested negative for the virus, costing him three days of camp. The Indians, who were to complete their three-game series with the White Sox in Chicago on Sunday night, are off Monday before hosting a two-game series against the Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday. Francona has not managed the club since Aug. 1 because of gastrointestinal issues that have bothered him since at least February. The Indians are hopeful he will rejoin the team this week.
He pitched yesterday anyway and isn't set to pitch until next weekend, so really, he just gets to go home early as a result and doesn't have to go to a few games he wasn't going to pitch in. It seems like a win for him.
Other than being publicly "outed", what's his punishment? If they don't dock his pay for the days he misses, it's more symbolic than anything.
If your suggesting that he needs REAL punishment, I totally agree. "We sent him to his room" doesnt cut it.
Having starting pitchers go to games they aren't going to pitch in is stupid during a pandemic. It almost seems like teams are okay if whole team has to quarantine so they don't have to play with a few guys down. The situation with VV suggests they are trying to make a statement without hurting the team at all.
