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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon
1. There is no such thing as a start until the game stars. Pitch rotation is unofficial.
2. Would take weeks for suspensions to be through.
3. That would makes batters charge the mound more to try to goat them into fighting to get suspended for weks.
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1. Irrelevant. Everyone knows Ventura is a starter. There's no grey area there. He's a regular member of the starting rotation, with predetermined schedules starts based on where he's placed in the rotation. We all know.
2. Who cares if it takes weeks? How is it fair that a position player miss 5 games he'd have otherwise been in, but a pitcher misses 1 game he'd have otherwise been in? The only time a suspension based on games makes sense is for a reliever, which Ventura is not.
3. Pretty bigv reach there. Why would a batter risk fines and suspensions himself to try and get a starting pitcherv suspended when the likelihood they'd have to face that spot again in the pitcher's team's rotation during the suspension period, let alone the rest of the year, is slim and none?
A pitcher missing one start over 5 games, particular someone like Ventura who isn't very good, is not the same as an mvp/best player on his team Manny Machado missing 5 games. The guy who got plunked is getting the short end of the stick while the guy who started it all, and his team, get off easy.