Ken Rosenthal: Peralta accepts 50-game suspension
Please don't mock me
If Peralta starts serving his suspension immediately, then he can come back for the playoffs, correct? Since 109 + 50 < 162, I'm assuming Peralta can come back for the last series of the regular season and any playoff games. I'm asking b/c I read the Wojo article speculating that Peralta might have played his last game as a Tiger yesterday.
He is serving the suspension now because he is a free agent at the end of the year, and he won't have any lingering effects going into 2014... In all likelihood, he's probably played his last game as a Tiger, imho.
Nor should he give a shit what the media thinks.
If by damage, you mean the all-star season that kept our offense afloat in the first half of the season that was probably driven by steroids. I am fine with it. Bring him back if we need him for the playoffs.
It looks like he's moving out of his house FWIW. I live down the street in Birmingham
August 5th, 2013 at 11:29 PM ^
when Biogensis report leaked to the media, the Tigers knew that they have Peralta available for a short time but they don't know when. If they don't want him back, they could've benched or cut him before the suspension. The fact they still are playing him up til yesterday tells me that they would want him back for the playoff run.
He can, by the rules, come back and play after the 50 games. The speculation is if the team wants him back after all of this
He would be eligible as you suggest - but if the Tigers have faltered and are out of the race and want to stick in some young guys, he'd likely be done. Or conversely, if they are rolling with Iglesias and don't want to mess with the chemistry, he may be left off the playoff roster (like Melky Cabrera was for the Giants last year).
They'll get Peralta some time in those 3 games to see how he does. If they are down by a run in the playoffs and need a big hit, I could see them putting Peralta in. I could also see them starting Peralta and then bringing in Iglesias for late-game defense. However, if Iglesias is hitting well, Peralta will sit on the bench.
Don't let facts get into the way of your narrative, but his bat certainly isn't awful.
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=5751&position=2B
He may not walk much but he hit nearly .300 in Erie and he's adjusted fairly well to major league pitchers since his horrendous first series against the White Sox, he'll provide just as much if not more with his glove and bat than Ramon Santiago.
Isn't that pretty much all of MLB? /definitely racist.
Probably how he got connected down there. At least there is some link.
I dont think you'll ever see someone take a suspension "just because". The MLB has these guys dead to rights and they know it. This is their "get out of jail" free card and they are smart to take it.
A-Rod on the otherhand needs to be banned for life; getting caught once ('03), confessing and saying he was clean, then getting caught up in this as well as allegations that he bought off a witness and by far had the most involvement w/ Biogenisis means he should be done for life.
As a NYY fan, I'm in complete agreement. Get that asshole's $100MM+ remaining contract off the books so that Cashman and Steiny JR can overpay for the next hottest FA.
part is complete B.S. You KNOW the NYY knew A-Rod was a dirty player and have taken advantage of it over the years. Now that they're on the outs and it's not in their fiscal best interests to keep him around they will "magically" get to have a get out of jail free card in regards to the worst contract in professional sports???
FCK the Spank-ees. They get what they deserve for that contract. They shouldn't be able to get out of all of it.
i hope you say the same thing at the end of Fielders contract.
and let's not play the "yanks know he was on roids" card b/c EVERYONE knew everybody was on roids for more than a decade.
Everyone knew they were all on 'roids, and everyone honored the contracts and paid the guys. The Yankees should too. Indeed, they were stupid enough to extend A-rod mid-way through the deal because it served their interests at the time, further evidence for why they should not get to weasel out of the contract.
So in spite of the repeated offenses of the substance abuse policy and repeated assurances that he had stopped (which he lied about) ARod should just get 100 Million dollars for not playing any games.
At what point should the risk-reward decision balance for these players who consider taking steroids actually tip toward risk?
I was dissappointed to hear that Selig apparently won't invoke the best-interest-of-baseball clause that prevents ARod from playing while appealing. I don't give a shit if the Yankees have to pay him or not, except that I think baseball has to start voiding contracts of violators. 50 games won't do it. 200 for ARod won't be enough either if he gets the 100Million.
I wasn't as clear as I could have been.
I wasn't implying A-Rod should get his $$$ - just that the NYY shouldn't be able to crawl out from under the contract they signed him to - they knew he was dirty in 2003, and again when he signed the latest crap-tastic contract. To get overarching "forgiveness" and get all that cap space cleared is what I am calling foul on.
They should be responsible (at least in the eyes of the cap) for most if not all for the bulk of the contract - not that they PAY it - but that it impacts their cap; Similar to "dead money" in the NFL where contracts still affect teams long after their bad decisions.
I appreciate your insight.
He's going to play. Especially in the playoffs, if the Tigers make it. He will get put in as a pinch hitter if nothing else. Roster flexes at that point so it will be an extra weapon.
The roster goes from 40 back to 25 at teh start of the playoffs. A few tough choices were made at that point last year. No way does a completely rusty Peralta take one of those spots (even before taking into account he's a cheater and deserves to be removed for at least the remainder of the year).
It's a tough call. He was probably our best hitter in the playoffs last year, at least in the World Series anyways. I think alot of it depends on how the bottom of the lineup is hitting at the end of the season.
We're not going to want Peralta back anyway. He's probably roidin' it up right now because he knew he was caught. When he gets off his suspension he's going to look like Quagmire after discovering the internet.
Even though I can see the scene in my mind, I have to post it. Just cuz.
Thanks for the picture posting. I had to go youtube the video after mentioning it, and I realized my prediction is completely wrong. Peralta is a righty.
Rookie double post.
Does anyone know the timeline of Peralta's PED use? I understand that he needs to be suspended to keep the game clean, but at the same time, it would suck for the Tigers to be punished by losing one of their better bats after not reaping the rewards of Jhonny's PED use.
of course the King Douchebag A Rod is the only one fighting the suspension.
Does anyone know if arbitrators have ever increased the length of penalties?
...but he's 38. Coming back from two years out of baseball at age 40 (well, he'll be three months shy of it)? And without the benefit of PEDs?
It's effectively a lifetime ban; he's got no reason not to fight it.. The games he plays while it's under appeal are probably all he has left.
A few people have already metioned that Peralta might be rusty even if he were to return at the end of the season. Because he doesn't have the opportunity to play on a daily basis, the burden will be entirely on him to stay in game shape . He also won't have an opportunity for a minor league stint at the end of his suspension as the minor league seasons will be mostly over. I agree with those who have said that this might be the end of his Tiger career, especially if Iglesias becomes a consistent player.
I believe Melky Cabrera was eligible to return for the playoffs last season with the Giants, and obviously they chose not to bring him back.
made me think of A-Rod chowing down at Hooters last week.
I don't think he'll be back in a Tiger's uniform even though he will be eligble at the end of the season.
The Tigers should be able to make the playoffs without him and Iglesias is obviously a better fielder.
But I could see an instance in which he returns if the Tigers are in a funk at the end of the season and need some offense. The Tigers have a narrow window in which to win the World Series and it may only be this season. If it means helping to win it all I would bring him back, if he's not too rusty. People would have issues probably with that but I would not.
The thought that "this year" is the only season they have a chance to win the World Series makes zero sense to me. They have their best players locked up in their prime producing years and they don't lose much from the current team after this year (Benoit is the only one that comes to mind) and they have a likely young contributor in Castellanos ready to help the team when needed. The window to win a title is 2-3 years then we get into Phillies territory of old players making big money and not contributing as much as needed.