Aroldis Chapman doesn’t know when Major League Baseball plans to make its ruling on a possible suspension, but the Yankees closer said he plans to appeal if he is suspended. Commissioner Rob Manfred said he hopes to have a ruling by Opening Day, which shouldn’t be much of an issue now that Chapman has completed his interview with the league. “When it was announced by Joe, I felt really happy”.
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Chapman said through a translator that he didn’t consider anything inaccurate in a police report that was filed in Davie, Florida, on October 30.
Police determined there was insufficient evidence to charge the pitcher with any crime and he was traded to the Yankees three weeks later.
Although the charge did not hold up in the court of law, Major League Baseball and it’s new domestic violence policy could still initiate some sort of discipline (in the area of 15-20 games).
Girardi has named Chapman the Yankees’ closer, moving Andrew Miller to a setup role along with Dellin Betances in what might be baseball’s best bullpen.
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If Chapman had missed 46 days or more of service time in 2016, then he would not qualify for free agency after the season and the Yankees would retain his rights for the 2017 season. “They are investigating, doing their job, and the only thing I have left to do is to wait”.
