I saw the Lindor quote up above on The Athletic FWIW, so I can bring a snippet of text
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On his feelings about the Clevinger/Plesac situation: I have mixed feelings because we’re all grown men. At the end of the day, we have to sit and look ourselves in the mirror. And it’s not about the person you see in the mirror — it’s about who’s behind you, the other people. It’s not about that one person in general. It’s about everybody around him and the family members that are behind us: the coaching staff, (Carlos) Carrasco, all the players on all the teams that are at high risk, family members. We’re in a time right now with COVID-19, with racism, everything. This is a time to be selfless. This is when we have to sit back and understand this is not about one person specifically. It’s about everybody. You have to go out there and understand that it’s about your neighbor and your neighbor’s neighbors. It’s not just you specifically.
Apparently Francona has had one or more minor procedures in the last week or so to deal with something associated with spasms and GI tract. So yeah, high risk. Antonetti elsewhere in the article declines to go into how they found out about Clevenger and specifics of what was said and what their internal response will be. Very much in house, and I think appropriate. It's a good article, not surprising, the Athletic has been pretty solid.
Kinda pissed they'd pull shit like that, the Indians have built a culture among the pitchers about accountability and doing their work and being prepared. Beiber and Clevenger and Plesac and Plutko are in part the children of Kluber's professionalism and preparedness and Bauer's analytical bent, and both of those guys were huge work ethic guys. Pulling a classic flaky pitcher heading to the bar is the opposite of the example set by the Klubot and no filter Bauer.