Source: www.nysportsday.com --- Wednesday, November 22, 2017
In our society the punishment should always fit the crime, but Baseball is not like our society. It is only subject to the laws of our country when our leaders in Congress need to do an investigation that puts them on TV. So Baseball, the commissioner that is, hands out punishment as both judge and jury. The recent punishment handed down to the Atlanta Braves for infractions committed in the international market and also in the domestic draft, needed to be done. The people in the Braves’ organization who committed these violations need to be punished. They broke the rules dealing with signing players which allowed them to stock pile a boatload of top prospects. Players who had no chance of signing with other clubs. Very bad, but wow, what a punishment! Ok, so they had to give up every player they signed out of the Latin American market in 2016, a total of 12 prospects. They also lost all of the 11-plus million dollars they gave to those players who get to keep the money and are now free agents who can now sign with any team. The Braves also lost a pick in the third round of the domestic draft, etc. etc. etc. I’m surprised the Braves weren’t told they had to forfeit their first 20 games to start the 2018 season. Fine, I think that is a fair punishment, but don’t feel sorry for the Braves. They lost prospects, not big league players. Atlanta is stocked with a minor league system that is busting at the seams with talent, (Hear that ...
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