2016 MLB Regular-Season Thread

And Elvis Andrus got one for a swing at Pillar that I never did see. Others who weren't suspended will get fines.

 

Are these suspension without pay? Not quite a day off if that's the case ...

 

Probably. Life will be tough on $13.913 million instead of $14 million.

ETA: However, the whole thing ultimately traces back to Bat Flip, and I'd wager he has earned that $86,000 many times over in related marketing.

 

Well, when you figure in taxes, he's only really out something like $51,000 ...

ETA: You know, MLB and the players' union ought to set it up such that players can serve their suspensions when they're on the road in high-tax states ... Money not earned in, say, New York hurts far less than money not earned in Texas. Although I would appreciate @Amy weighing in to verify that I'm thinking of this correctly.

 

Meanwhile in Hotlanta (which is hot because of the dumpster fire at Turner Field) ... Gonzalez finds out he's fired when airline confirms his flight back to Atlanta.

Fredi Gonzalez figured he was fired after getting airline email

 

At least they didn't Kiffin him.

Or make him ride the cheerleader bus with Djordjevic.

 

Harper only got a game for that.

 

According to Gerry Fraley of the DMN, you get your full pay and service credit for on-the-field suspensions.

 

Shawn Tolleson with his third blown save in a week and a half. A walkoff Gettysburg Address, no less. The Rangers have much better options for closer in that bullpen.

 

We already knew this, right? Can't keep track:

Lenny Dykstra isn't shy about discussing his past HGH use

 

Yes. He was named in the Mitchell Report, along with several other '93 Phillies.

 

OOP thinks he may have been framed