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Trevor Bauer suspended 324 games
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10-03-2023, 08:43 AM | #91 | |
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The Athletic ain't in great shape financially (and some beat reporter isn't gonna line anyone's pockets) so they'd better hope they have damn good insurance. But I'll note that many insurance policies won't cover the sorts of damages being alleged here. They don't cover 'overt acts' or gross/reckless misconduct. It's why punitive damages awards can be so destructive; very few professional liability policies I've seen will cover them. They'll cover the cost of the defense that hopes to avoid them, but once they're awarded you're in trouble. I suspect The Athletic will attempt to lean into lost wages as an award if possible rather than punitives because those would be a sort of actual damages award that their policy is more likely to cover. Because those boys don't have $40 million lying around. |
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10-03-2023, 08:44 AM | #92 | |
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10-03-2023, 08:44 AM | #93 | |
Why so serious?
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My first thought after watching his video was why in the world did MLB go along with this punishment, etc if it were all so obvious. And that's why I'd be extremely reluctant to take the version of events he just put out into the world at face value. |
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10-03-2023, 08:47 AM | #94 | |
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And yeah...it's well known in the Dodgers clubhouse that a lot of the players didn't like this guy. |
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10-03-2023, 08:48 AM | #95 |
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10-03-2023, 08:50 AM | #96 |
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10-03-2023, 08:56 AM | #97 |
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10-03-2023, 09:00 AM | #98 |
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10-03-2023, 09:01 AM | #99 |
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10-03-2023, 09:04 AM | #100 |
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He's been removed from the clubhouse and scrubbed from the stadium. I don't know if the cut has officially happened but he isn't coming back. And fans, rightfully, don't want him too.
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10-03-2023, 09:09 AM | #101 | |
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There wasn't really anyone to cut at that point. On the commissioners list he becomes a non-entity for roster purposes and now he's just a free agent (that nobody is going to touch this off-season). Urias likely had a $100 million outburst. I'm not sure, with multiple documented DV incidents, he'll ever pitch in the big leagues again. There's always a bit of a "yeah, but he did it with the Dodgers and their fairy dust" element to Dodger free agent SPs. Combine that with a relatively soft platform season for him and ultimately his age won't matter. He was going to be probably the top FA starting pitcher on the market with Ohtani down. That's pretty much a guaranteed 4 year, $100 million deal especially with as young as he is. And he flushed it. |
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10-03-2023, 09:12 AM | #102 | |
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10-03-2023, 09:15 AM | #103 | |
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I mean **** me, what's the guy do behind closed doors? The weird thing is that Bauer was treated as the most rotten piece of subhuman shit to walk the earth while Urias just...disappeared. The Dodgers had no problem vilifying Bauer but they just quietly non-personed Urias. I have some thoughts on that but I don't suppose this is the right board for those comments... |
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10-03-2023, 09:17 AM | #104 | |
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It went to "oh well people that know this guy don't like him so it fits" |
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10-03-2023, 09:20 AM | #105 | |
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She's also no longer an Athletic employee. |
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