The 24-year-old switch-hitter was initially grounded for three days by the club for not showing up at Turner Field for treatment on his sore right hand over the weekend. After contacting Aybar via telephone earlier in the week, the Braves expected him to be at Wednesday night's game against the Chicago Cubs.
When he pulled another no-show, Braves GM John Schuerholz was not happy. He extended the suspension, saying that he expects each of his players to attend every game.
Aybar suffered the hand injury while playing in the Dominican Winter League this past offseason, and hasn't been able to hit from the left side of the plate since March 9th. Picked up in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season, he batted .280 over 83 games between the two clubs, hitting four longballs with 30 RBIs.
[SI.com]
3 comments:
Um, he obviously doesn't want to play baseball anymore. Who just doesn't show up to games?
Yeah, good question. It's pretty much BS if you ask me. I'm sure there are a dozen backup thirdbaseman in the minors just waiting for a shot in the big leagues, and this chump is wasting everyone's time.
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