Tatis suspended for 80 games

[Cedrique]

ouch. I guess he was trying to rush back into the lineup now that they made all those moves.

No link but it is on Twitter

 

[bksballer89]

 

[calsnowskier]

How cursed can one team be?

 

[socaljim242]

Holy shit. They gave up all those players for Soto thinking Tatis would be there with him. Those two controlled years the Padres thought they would have Soto will now be wasted for the most part.

 

[trojanfight]

No padres big 3? Say it aint so

 

[Cedrique]

Is that the punishment for a first offense? That seems pretty harsh

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Contracts need to have a null and void clause for this exact reason.

 

[Montalban]

ouch. I guess he was trying to rush back into the lineup now that they made all those moves.

No link but it is on Twitter

Padres' Tatis banned 80 games for PED violation

Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for Clostebol, a performance-enhancing substance, and will miss the remainder of the season.

www.espn.com

 

[Montalban]

What a dunce

 

[Coily1]

Contracts need to have a null and void clause for this exact reason.

Baseball is full of con job contracts because of the guaranteed nature of them. Whatever happened to Albert Belle?

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Baseball is full of con job contracts because of the guaranteed nature of them. Whatever happened to Albert Belle?

Joe mauer gained 21 pounds in the off-season after he signed his contract. He showed up so overweight and out of shape that we had no choice but to accept his demands to be moved to 1st base, because the weight was too damaging on his knees to play catcher. What could the twins do? It was all guaranteed tho, they had to try and abide by his demands. He never worked out again with the team. He eventually demanded to be a God damn pinch hitter, which he failed at since he stopped caring years before. He is the perfect example of what can go wrong once you guarantee someone a life changing amount of money.

 

[Coily1]

Joe mauer gained 21 pounds in the off-season after he signed his contract. He showed up so overweight and out of shape that we had no choice but to accept his demands to be moved to 1st base, because the weight was too damaging on his knees to play catcher. What could the twins do? It was all guaranteed tho, they had to try and abide by his demands. He never worked out again with the team. He eventually demanded to be a God damn pinch hitter, which he failed at since he stopped caring years before. He is the perfect example of what can go wrong once you guarantee someone a life changing amount of money.

It’s a tough call which pro sports league has the worst (strongest) union. MLB or NBA. The trend is towards a mix of extremely long contracts where a guy in his early 20s signs a mega deal where he plays until he’s theoretically 40, or else a bunch of journeyman contracts where someone plays 1-2 years only before moving onto the next team.

What I’m most impressed with is that the number of deferred deals is on the rise. Where owners are getting the money from is a mystery. Presumably television, though it’s not clear viewership / sponsorship is keeping up with roster price.

I guess Tatis is following the Mauer model; about the only thing these guys should be doing to justify their hefty contracts, is to stay healthy. But of course, since they don’t really have to, they don’t.

 

[broncosmitty]

The point of taking PEDs is to be better at your job, dumb dumbs.

But by all means don’t let that stop you from bitching.

 

[Cedrique]

The point of taking PEDs is to be better at your job, dumb dumbs.

But by all means don’t let that stop you from bitching.

well that and trying to cure ringworm

 

[navamind]

Is that the punishment for a first offense? That seems pretty harsh

yes, and then a full season for the 2nd offense.

This fucking sucks.

 

[Cedrique]

yes, and then a full season for the 2nd offense.

This fucking sucks.

Yeah I just think if there is any truth to the ringworm medication thing they could maybe investigate it and possibly reduce it if they found it to be true. Like if it was prescribed by a reputable doctor and he just was too dumb to ask the doctor all the ingredients or something. I'm not sure if going full zero tolerance on these guys is the best thing.
On the other hand I have no idea if mlb does look into these things before issuing a suspension so maybe they are performing due diligence.
Also baseball players are notorious liars, so who knows how much truth there is to the ringworm excuse.

It does suck though. He was one of the best players in the game.

 

[Cedrique]

Joe mauer gained 21 pounds in the off-season after he signed his contract. He showed up so overweight and out of shape that we had no choice but to accept his demands to be moved to 1st base, because the weight was too damaging on his knees to play catcher. What could the twins do? It was all guaranteed tho, they had to try and abide by his demands. He never worked out again with the team. He eventually demanded to be a God damn pinch hitter, which he failed at since he stopped caring years before. He is the perfect example of what can go wrong once you guarantee someone a life changing amount of money.

That's interesting. I never realized that's how it went down with him. It seemed like his hitting took a dive when he went to 1b/dh. I guess that could have been the weight gain.

 

[R.J. MacReady]

well that and trying to cure ringworm

Ringworm???

What is he ...a 4 month old Puppy?

.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

That's interesting. I never realized that's how it went down with him. It seemed like his hitting took a dive when he went to 1b/dh. I guess that could have been the weight gain.

He wouldn't even work out with the team. Several of his teammates were questioning him on his commitment (most notably Justin morneau) to the team and he just took his ball and went home. One of the bigger bitches in sports history.

 

[Cedrique]

Ringworm???

What is he ...a 4 month old Puppy?

.

that's his story, not mine. I'm not even sure what ringworm is but you're right it sounds like something your dog would get.