That's not how it works. They hand down their sentence and regardless of whether he appeals or not that's the sentence.
I have never thought Ian's size would suffice at 1st base. He appears to short and would not be able to stretch on short hops. Am I wrong?
Soto has done a pretty damn good job with all our pitchers.
All the better, but still check the wire, JD. We will know when and how much tomorrow.
You can tell he was locked in better this time around and his bat speed is ridiculous.
I'm almost positive that I heard that if they appeal it they could double the suspension. They wanna give him 50 games, but if he appeals they wanna give him 100, as a means to just take the initial suspension
I'm almost positive that I heard that if they appeal it they could double the suspension. They wanna give him 50 games, but if he appeals they wanna give him 100, as a means to just take the initial suspension
Where did you here he will automatically get 50? I've tried to read as much as I've had time to, and I haven't seen that...
I'm not very optimistic he won't get 50, just curious....and a plea is different than an appeal (which I know you know)
I'm just desperately hoping it won't be 50
that may be true but it sure doesn't sound fair... i mean aren't players entitled a an appeal by the MLBPA. Sort of lame to punish someone for exercising a right you gave them.
Well the thing is they have so much evidence on all of these guys that they know that the only reason they are appealing is to play out the season with their respective teams
Here's what I bet happened with Cruz if he is guilty:
Recall that shortly after the WS loss to the Cards Cruz got a nasty stomach virus back in DR. He tried to get treatment there but was not having any luck getting better and was losing a ton of weight. This is when he went to go see a "specialist" in Miami. My guess is some Dr. in DR suggested that he get a steroid shot or series of them to boost his immune system. Knowing that he was not supposed to use them at any cost, through some contacts he found out about Biogenesis and flew to Miami. And then started to recover and stayed to work out with Napoli.
This seems about right to me anyway. I personally don't think he used them to better his performance, b/c if he did they sure didn't work. He had a career low year. And now in a season where he is being investigated and not likely to be using, he is having a career high year. I guess either way though, its a moot point because players are not to use steriods or PEDs under any circumstances.
Here's a little article reminder of when Cruz got sick: Rangers Nelson Cruz after World Series: ?Everything I ate, I threw up? | Texas Rangers Blog
Steroids are a legit medical treatment though, if thats what was needed, he should've just gone through the proper channels if that was the case, he would've been fine had it been documented properly
Really? I was under the impression that they couldn't even use them as a legitimate medical treatment. Well, if this is the case, either throw my theory out the window or maybe Cruz was as ignorant about the PED rules as I am.