Gary Sanchez worked his suspension down to three games:
New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez had his suspension reduced to three games, and he will begin serving it Monday when his team visits the Baltimore Orioles.
Sanchez had been suspended for four games for his role in a fight-filled afternoon against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Aug. 24, but he appealed the punishment and continued to play last week.
On Saturday, Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and reliever Alex Wilson had their suspensions reduced by one game.
So since all the arbitrated suspensions handed down so far have been reduced by one game, I wonder if the MLB’s strategy is to:
- Figure out how many games they want a player to sit.
- Add one to it.
- Hem and haw but give the union a win by reducing it one game.
It would be a strategy where a player gets an appropriate suspension, but no one feels that bitter. If you think three games is appropriate for what Sanchez did, that’s a different story.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2xJk3J2
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