Posted by edsortails on 7/23/2013 9:35:00 AM (view original):
how can a guy on the DL be "suspended"? he already can't play....he should have to come back and prove he can play before he gets whacked.....
suspending an injured player is like a get out of jail free card....
Players on the DL can be suspended, you don't have to come back first. If Arod had known the evidence against him earlier, it would have been smart for him to try a make a deal so that he could have served the suspension, or at least a large chunk of it, while he was on the DL.
Part of the reason that Braun took a deal this year is that his salary is only $10 million. The suspension costs him about $3.5 million. Had he fought it and been suspended next year, it would have cost him twice as much to be suspended the same amount of games.