(03-29-2017 02:20 PM)stever20 Wrote:  so Familia gets a 15 game suspension to start the season for the Mets in that domestic violence case.

Kind of interesting in that it's at a relatively speaking easy period of the schedule. 3 Braves, 3 Marlins, 3 @ Phils, 4 @ Marlins, and then 2 more with Philly. He'd have only 1 game back before a 3 game with the Nats. So 2 things. 1st off, if there's any rainouts, he could miss the Nats series or at least 1-2 games of it. But 2nd off, they might lose a game or 2 in the 15 games he is out that they wouldn't necessarily count on.

My concern here is that none of these DV cases ever seem to go to court. I mean, we shouldn't rely on MLB to punish Familia, Reyes or Chapman and especially not prematurely. I'm not saying they don't deserve punishment, but rather that punishment should first and foremost come from the court system and then the person's employer