i heard joe morgan kvetching about this in his typical joe morgan style during som eespn broadcast a while ago.  to the shock of all shocks, it was steve phillips providing the voice of reason by saying tiple A isnt the MLB and that all this is settled by the CBA.

this is a big non issue for me but then i basically feel just about anything BBWAA people moan about is always no BFD in my opinion.

Not to mention playing “You make me feel like a natural woman” as the walkup music…

Simply, the rehab should start on July 3, the day his suspension is over. Sure, let him get into shape, but after fulfilling the 50 game suspension. Baseball never gets it right

He’s missing 50 games for the Dodgers.  I fail to see how there’s a problem.  If you want him to miss 60 games for the Dodgers, make it a 60 game suspension.  If you want to call this a 40 game suspension instead, knock yourself out, but the fact is, he’s missing 50 games for the Dodgers.

Also, I’d imagine his MLB contract eliminates his possibility of playing in an independent league, though I’ve never actually read one of those.

Having raised the issue a while back, I am now persuaded that Craig’s analysis is right.

The Dodgers have been hurt enough by the suspension (if they regarded the 7 million savings a net benefit, then they obviously made a bad contract. They did, but they don’t know it…). Without the rehab, Manny is in effect suspended for more games than 50, because he would have to get back in shape; with the rehab, he does seem to be a little less suspended (MLB admonished the Dodgers that he couldn’t visit the clubhouse during the suspension, but the Dodger minor league playing fields are somehow a more appropriate venue for him), but a little less suspended seems more fair than the alternative. I would like to know if he is being paid, and on what scale. It’s hard for me to imagine Manny doing anything for free.

And could he possibly be the first suspended player to do this? Or are people just especially pissed off at him? I’m pretty sure that’s what caused this logistically flawed complaint to enter MY head.

It’s no different than when a player on the disabled list plays rehab games before he’s eligible to come off the DL.

Just or not (and if the suspension terms specify Major League games, where’s the problem?) I certainly enjoy the prospect of seeing Manny play in my own hometown. Here in, ahem, Albuquerque, where the Dodgers AAA team returned this year.

Now if they’d only give us the old Dukes name back…

Victor - sorry.  I can’t keep track of the AAA affiliations.  The IL has gotten really mixed up the last two years.

Jack - If the goal is to reduce PED use, then I’m OK with the Dodgers suffering a little more as well.  The teams turned a blind-eye to PED use along with everyone else.  So if the knowledge that they’ll be paying a player for a 10-day rehab after a suspension causes them to be more diligent in keeping their players clean, that’s good. 

I don’t know whether a team is allowed to write additional PED provisions in their contracts.  If so, teams in the future could provide for the rehab time in some way.

re: Joe Morgan’s inane analysis (inanalysis?)

Was this before or after the suggestion that after ManRam comes back, that Ethier be benched in favor of finding Juan Pierre more playing time?  It was at that point that I fell off the elliptical and blacked out.

Its specified in the CBA that the rehab portion is 10 games in the minor leagues for players suspended.
And where was this outrage against Manny when J.C. Romero was pitching in Triple-A games and was ready to pitch for the Phillies when he was activated as soon as his suspension was lifted?