Pittsburgh Fallout/Suspensions [Maldonado 5, Gomez 3, Snider 2 and Martin 1]; Gomez drops appeal, serves suspension May 14-16 (post 89)

[dlk9s]

I think Sterling Sharpe is the emergency catcher.

[pretendastronaut]

Does the player get paid for the suspended days? If not, then I would hope and assume Maldy appeals to get the days down. There is no reason his pocketbook should take more of a hit than it has to.

 

Pretty sure he won't get paid for those games. Assuming 5 games and his additional $2,500 fine, he's looking at that punch costing him almost $18,000.

 

Crazy when you think of it that way.

[brwrsfan]

Why DFA anyone not named Weeks or Overbay? Just move Gorzelanny to the 60 Day DL, send down Figaro and call up Diaz. Gorzy isn't close to returning so if he has to sit an extra week or two, so what?

the brewers are already essentially playing with an 11-man pitching staff in how they're using wang. you're proposing that on the heels of a 14-inning game, plus an overworked francisco rodriguez (four straight games), that the brewers essentially go with a 10-man pitching staff?

 

No, Kintzler would potentially be back Friday. My main point is that if the Brewers are going to clear up a roster spot, they aren't going to DFA Figaro. They can simply move Gorzy to the 60 day DL. As far as I know, he's only thrown one bullpen session, meaning he's really not THAT close to returning, seeing how he hasn't pitched at all. This gives him more time to return. With all the crappy bullpens in baseball, why DFA Figaro (or any other arm) at this point when you don't need to.

[Thurston Fluff]

Given the timing and when he he played last it makes sense to sit now. If he sits 5 games now Luc has to play 5 games in a row. If he sits four games a few days from now Luc would have to play six or more in a row. Granted you could use Maldanado in a game before the suspension kicked in but then you lose Luc for an extra game where you normally wouldn't

[pretendastronaut]

We'll make this the general thread for this. The other suspensions have come down:

 

Maldonado suspended 5 games, Gomez 3 games. Snider got 2 games and Martin 1 game. All fined.

 

Twitter seems made that Cole wasn't suspended. IMO, you can't suspend a guy for barking though, so I would agree with him not getting a suspension. Personally, I'm more upset that somehow Snider only gets 2, he should have the same as Gomez.

[djoctagone]

if neither brewer appeals, the brewers are stuck with a 23-man roster for the next three games, right? makes things difficult if you're relying on herrera to cover center and be your emergency catcher. makes it even more difficult if khris davis is still out with the flu.

 

gomez has to appeal.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Gomez needs to appeal and Maldonado should just start serving his suspension tonight. It's roll of the dice, but the Brewer roster can handle playing one player short with Lucroy having last night and Thursday's off day to rest. If something happens to Lucroy then the Brewers would need to make a roster move that impacts the 40-man, regardless of whether Maldanado's available or not. Right now, Gomez should appeal and hope to avoid serving any suspension until Schafer's back. The bullpen is stretched and they need as many roster spots as possible for relievers right now.

 

Nothing for Cole, huh? I guess that's just par for the MLB course when it comes to these things. Snider should get 5 games with Maldanado - if it wasn't for his actions the fight never would've gotten to the point of him taking a shot in the face.

[pretendastronaut]

if neither brewer appeals, the brewers are stuck with a 23-man roster for the next three games, right? makes things difficult if you're relying on herrera to cover center and be your emergency catcher. makes it even more difficult if khris davis is still out with the flu.

 

gomez has to appeal.

 

Ya, they pretty much need him to appeal just to buy time at the very least.

[treego14]

I want to appeal as to why Cole is not suspended for kicking off the whole melee with his foul mouth in totally unsubtle manner.

[dlk9s]

It's horse crap that Snider gets a lighter sentence than Gomez. Gomez didn't start the fight. He and Cole were simply jawing at each other (albeit rather intense jawing). The Pirates bench, and Snider specifically, started the fight. If anything, it should be Snider 3 and Gomez 2. I'm ok with Maldonado at 5 and Cole getting nothing.

[1992casey]

They don't get paid, although there've been cases when teams have chosen to pay suspended players in situations where the team felt the player was right.

 

Anyway, I'm guessing that Maldonado and Gomez will appeal simply due to the loss of pay.

[JackNicholson1974]

So Gomez gets kicked out of game +3 and Gerrit Cole gets nothing for being the crybaby that started the whole thing?

 

Im seriously angry with Gomez for being so selfish that he couldnt keep his you-know-what together and now has seriously cost this team some roster flexibility.

[pretendastronaut]

Everybody focuses on Cole, but if Snider stays back, the whole thing ends up being your standard MLB dustup and nobody gets a suspension.

[Fear The Chorizo]

I agree - Snider got off light in terms of the suspensions...dude wasn't even in the lineup and he escalated the whole situation.

 

Wondering why MLB can't just make a rule similar to the NBA and put an end to benches/bullpens clearing. It looks really stupid when guys start jawing at each other and then 25 yahoos from the bullpens come jogging toward the altercation.

 

If you're not in the lineup, you can't come onto the field during an altercation. If you do it's an automatic 2 game suspension. That would lead to some serious roster problems for teams and maybe serve as a deterrent to limit how often this crap happens on the field.

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

Wow what a joke. Cole started the whole thing and gets away with it. Cole should have been suspended for 3 games.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Cole should have been suspended for 3 games.

 

Cole's a starter so a 3 game suspension is basically zero for him - he could serve that between starts. I would've given him a 5 game, so at minimum he'd have to miss a start or cause their rotation to get out of whack.

[stalton]

I agree with most on here: agree with 5 for Maldi and 0 for Cole for no physical altercation despite being a tool. Also snyder should have at least gotten gomez's sentence, although I think Gomeys history probably influenced the decision. Its probably best for the team if Maldi serves now but its probably best for Maldi if he appeals. Does he take one (or five in this case) for the team?

[reillymcshane]

Cole was a nimrod, but he didn't do anything that approaches a suspension.

 

As for Snider only getting 2 games and Carlos 3 games - perhaps Gomez being a 2nd Offender comes into play. I don't know. Just a thought.

 

Plus, Snider got the big shiner that he has to wear around for the next week. That humiliation is worth one less game.

[Fear The Chorizo]

I say have Maldanado serve his full 5 game suspension and let Weeks give him his credit card to buy 5 games-worth of merchandise/provisions.

[adambr2]

Gomez will appeal and Maldy will serve immediately,

 

Wonder if the Brewers agreed to pay him partially for the suspension.

[adambr2]

Joke that Snider is also appealing his suspension. Wish they could increase it to 5 on appeal.

[folly412]

Agree with the strategy; the schedule works out well enough to try to plan around Maldonado being out, Gomez may be able to get a game knocked off or take it once Schaefer returns.

 

 

Joke that Snider is also appealing his suspension. Wish they could increase it to 5 on appeal.

 

Maldy's fist gave him the other three

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

How long before they hear Gomez' appeal? They have an off day on Thursday so could it be then...still would overlap with Maldy this weekend. Hopefully they can put it off until after the Cards series.

[PrinceFielderx1]

All that we are missing is a 4 game suspension!

[dlk9s]

Yup, if we could find someone to hand a 4-gamer to, we'd hit the wheel.