Sorry, should have kept my divorce lawyer musings to myself.
Hope everything is ok & has a positive ending.
ERod to Tigers: 5 years/$77 million, opt out after Y2
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Hope everything is ok & has a positive ending.
Hope everything turns out ok for him and his family.
And word of warning: careful searching for info about him on twitter. When I heard he was placed on restricted list i was at the gym and I searched #eduardorodriguez on twitter to see what happened. Turns out Eduardo Rodriguez is also the name of a male pornstar, and the results were not appropriate to view in public
And word of warning: careful searching for info about him on twitter. When I heard he was placed on restricted list i was at the gym and I searched #eduardorodriguez on twitter to see what happened. Turns out Eduardo Rodriguez is also the name of a male pornstar, and the results were not appropriate to view in public
Exactly. One answer to having to pay out an inordinate percentage of income in a court judgment is to quit. A very high percentage of zero is zero.
Without de-railing the thread, that rarely works. Also, Heyman's cryptic "marital" could mean about a dozen different things, so:
Abbey upthread had mentioned Ben Zobrist going on the restricted list during his brutal divorce, which I hadn’t known. (Zobrist and his wife were having marital issues, so the couple goes to see their pastor, who starts an affair with Zobrist’s wife. Zobrist later ends up missing two-thirds of the 2019 season and forfeited $4 million in salary.) It’s a reminder that these guys are not fantasy baseball robots but human beings with real-life shit going on that for them doesn’t automatically get turned off or tuned out at 7:05 pm.
Hoping E-Rod’s situation, whatever it is, is resolved quickly and amicably for all involved, and he can get back on the field soon.
Hoping E-Rod’s situation, whatever it is, is resolved quickly and amicably for all involved, and he can get back on the field soon.
Definitely hoping for the best for whatever is going on in his life. I just hope it isn't any long-term Covid related issues, but from the info we know at least it doesn't seem to be- although family issues can be more painful.
All that said, it's looking like a good move from Bloom to not have resigned EdRo at this point. I don't exactly know if it's a smart way to think about it- but from the '21 to the '22 rotation, I was seeing Wacha as the replacement for Eduardo which so far has worked out. Rich Hill as the fill-in for Sale which has also been a success. The cost for EdRo was incredibly reasonable and he had moments where he would look like a potential ace that finally flicked on the switch but then would appear slow and unfocused on the mound. Despite that, his cost for 5 years was still reasonable so I was a little disappointed but hindsight (for now) is starting to look good- not even considering the current "issue" with him.
All that said, it's looking like a good move from Bloom to not have resigned EdRo at this point. I don't exactly know if it's a smart way to think about it- but from the '21 to the '22 rotation, I was seeing Wacha as the replacement for Eduardo which so far has worked out. Rich Hill as the fill-in for Sale which has also been a success. The cost for EdRo was incredibly reasonable and he had moments where he would look like a potential ace that finally flicked on the switch but then would appear slow and unfocused on the mound. Despite that, his cost for 5 years was still reasonable so I was a little disappointed but hindsight (for now) is starting to look good- not even considering the current "issue" with him.
Yeah, but we already know he think $77M is better than $18M, so I imagine he'll decide something is better than nothing.
I wish for peace for the Rodriguez family.
I heard about that, wasn't the issue that Mrs. Zobrist didn't want Ben to be the only multi-positional person in the household?
FWIW, Pat Light referred to E-Rod as a "me" guy, suggesting that maybe he didn't fit in with the team culture very well. Given that starting pitching is about as hard to find as good running backs, I think not re-signing him (with other central figures needing contracts) was an easy call. He was good for the Sox, everyone should be OK with how things ended. And hope his life straightens out from here.
I don't think that he can be restricted for long term Covid effects or most any other medical condition.
Update on ESPN. EdRo at home but has not been in contact with the team for three weeks...
Detroit Tigers haven't heard from Eduardo Rodriguez since placing LHP on restricted list 3 weeks ago (espn.com)
Detroit Tigers haven't heard from Eduardo Rodriguez since placing LHP on restricted list 3 weeks ago (espn.com)
I really hate feeling this way about Rodriguez because he was a good guy to root for and survived Covid and all, but what a bullet averted by the Sox. It really makes you wonder if there was more going on behind the scenes that led to Boston's lukewarm (if not nonexistent) interest in keeping him.
Him pointing to his wrist right before the Astros started coming back and winning the series really pissed off Cora in the moment. Maybe he made up his mind at that point that E-Rod was never going to be mature enough to be the pitcher he needed him to be. Or maybe Bloom just decided he wasn't with breaking the bank for with who they had in the pipeline.
I'll always have a soft-spot for Eduardo, who arrived in the middle of that miserable last-place finish in 2015 and sparked some needed enthusiasm in the team as this rookie that could really pitch. There were some inconsistencies along the way but overall he was a really good player for the Sox and was great in 2018 and horse in 2019. He seems like he's in a bad place at the moment and I hope he can find his way back.
“It has been 32 days since the Tigers placed left-handed pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez on the restricted list. And what seemed like a strange story at the time has only gotten stranger in the weeks since.
The Tigers, as manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Al Avila have both recently said, have had no contact with Rodriguez. They have reached out in an attempt to communicate and have not heard back, as of last weekend. Rodriguez is on the restricted list for a personal matter, but there’s no clear explanation for why he’s not responding to the team.
“We’re just kind of waiting it out,” Avila said last week. “It is unusual, but we have no choice but to wait it out right now and see how it develops as we move forward.”
Rodriguez is dealing with a marital issue, but no other details have been reported. The Tigers have respected his privacy and withheld details of the situation. Meanwhile, Rodriguez’s representatives have also been silent. His agent, Gene Mato, has not responded to multiple texts from The Athletic.
“From what I know, there’s been no movement whatsoever and no communication,” Hinch said earlier this month. “We know he’s safe, we know he’s home with his kids, we know he’s back in Florida, but it’s been pretty quiet.””
https://theathletic.com/3424956/2022/07/15/eduardo-rodriguez-tigers-contract
The Tigers, as manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Al Avila have both recently said, have had no contact with Rodriguez. They have reached out in an attempt to communicate and have not heard back, as of last weekend. Rodriguez is on the restricted list for a personal matter, but there’s no clear explanation for why he’s not responding to the team.
“We’re just kind of waiting it out,” Avila said last week. “It is unusual, but we have no choice but to wait it out right now and see how it develops as we move forward.”
Rodriguez is dealing with a marital issue, but no other details have been reported. The Tigers have respected his privacy and withheld details of the situation. Meanwhile, Rodriguez’s representatives have also been silent. His agent, Gene Mato, has not responded to multiple texts from The Athletic.
“From what I know, there’s been no movement whatsoever and no communication,” Hinch said earlier this month. “We know he’s safe, we know he’s home with his kids, we know he’s back in Florida, but it’s been pretty quiet.””
https://theathletic.com/3424956/2022/07/15/eduardo-rodriguez-tigers-contract
I wonder if the Tigers were in the mix if there would be more concern? Does his contract toll forward for as long as he is on the Restricted list? Or do they just save money this year?
I believe they just save money on it. Contender or not, he's leaving his team in the lurch, so it makes sense that the Tigers get something out of it even if it is just some savings.
He's going to start on Sunday with no rehab assignment? I realize he wasn't hurt but it's been quite a long stretch where he hasn't thrown in a game. Or did I miss something here?
Wow. I had never heard the Zobrist story before. What a sordid tale for these “christian celebrities”.
Going from a premier athlete to a man of the cloth is certainly a flex. Hopefully E-Rod's story ends better. Seems it already is.
As someone wrote somewhere, “pride goeth before a fall.” Zobrist would’ve gotten a lot more sympathy when his marriage fell apart if he hadn’t been on the speaking circuit talking about how awesome he was (and by the way, saying “all glory to God” at the end of a brag doesn’t make it not a brag, or even a humblebrag). But I’m not sure why any other Christian, famous or otherwise, should be tarred with Zobrist’s shortcomings.
I wasn’t tarring anyone, just referencing the article that said they were “something akin to a celebrity couple in the christian community”. It was quite the sordid tale, for children of ministers or not. She seems like a real piece of work, disparaging him for his mental health issues on top of banging the marriage counselor/pastor.