rmc523 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/06/mlb-suspends-hector-santiago-10-games-for-foreign-substance.html Quote Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Mariners lefty Hector Santiago has been suspended 10 games and been fined an undisclosed amount for possessing a foreign substance on his glove in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game against the White Sox. Santiago is appealing the decision. Mariners manager Scott Servais said after the game that umpire Phil Cuzzi was mistaken and that there was no illegal substance on Santiago’s glove — only rosin (which is permissible under MLB rules) and sweat. The league, after conducting an analysis of Santiago’s glove, clearly does not agree and has elected to punish the veteran lefty. Santiago’s suspension will be held in abeyance until the appeal process is complete. As ESPN’s Jeff Passan tweets, Santiago’s case will now be heard by an arbiter who works for Major League Baseball, which all but eliminates the possibility of the suspension being overturned. It could potentially be reduced, Passan suggests. The more interesting part of the story though.... Quote The league actually did not further inspect Santiago’s glove, ESPN’s Jesse Rogers reports (Twitter link). The ejection and suspension are based solely on the umpire’s discretion. That’s a rather surprising development and one that, speculatively speaking, could prompt some union pushback. I'm really surprised there isn't additional testing done on the glove (or hat or whatever is suspected) to verify whether a pitcher was actually using something illegal or not - basically the ump decides and that's it? Why bother confiscating the glove then? As the line says, I'm sure that's going to be another feather in the union's cap for striking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Oh boy. Wait til Angel Hernandez or Joe West makes a decision here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBullet Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Fuck Manfred is an idiot. this is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbanCastillo Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) Quote Santiago’s case will now be heard by an arbiter who works for Major League Baseball Definitely no potential for bias/conflict of interest at all here. Nope. Edited June 30, 2021 by QbanCastillo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1.618 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 11 hours ago, QbanCastillo said: Definitely no potential for bias/conflict of interest at all here. Nope. It’s hearsay now without evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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