Eh, just get into the postseason with Strider/Sale/Schwelly and Acuna/Riley/Olson/Ozuna/Ozzie/Mike and take your chances. Lose a couple of them and then we can talk season over.
And we probably will lose 5 of them or more, but until then, let's ride
This, he does have to donate half a season of salary, but he'll still get the remaining 35 million guaranteed as long as he doesn't fail another test. Unethical, but brilliant.
Kind of an odd rule that only punishes the team when the player has a large financial commitment that can't just be eaten by releasing him. Unless we have the option to keep him off the roster and just pay him not to return?
Hypothetically, there's no reason for Profar to steal anyone's ABs...
It's been long enough since it broke that I would have expected to see a second source. I guess it could be a situation where there's a follow up test pending and no one credible will go on record until that comes back?
Maybe they've 100% decided he's going to the pen when Strider comes back/AJ will stay #5? If they want Holmes to start all year, he threw about 110 IP last year, which unless I'm missing something was his first season over 100 IP since 2017, so...
Teams with weak pens will do that in the playoffs, when they're trying to win at nearly any cost. Down 3 in the 8th in game 1/162, when Holmes probably has never gone close to 180 IP in a season to begin with?