- Chances are Odubel Herrera has played his last game for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was arrested Monday night at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic city for alleged domestic abuse to his 20-year-old girlfriend .
Herrera needs to go. Right now the Atlantic City police and Major League Baseball is investigating . He is suspended for at least seven days. The girl has marks on her neck and arms. Unless self-inflicted, it's clear Odulbel did something.
I get it about "due process" and "innocent until proven guilty" so I'm willing to wait. If guilty , Herrera should be released or traded but he can't stay.
I'm sure some sucker would take Herrera. Not only does he ow have this legal matter hanging over his head, Odubel suck on the field to. He is hitting .222 this season with only one home run. he has been bad for over a year. I reality he has under-achieved since the Phillies gave him a new contract several years ago.
He would dog it even before he got more money. What did the Phils expect after he got paid? More episodes this season of laziness, not hustling and going brain-dead on the bases and out in center field.
Rightfully so, the Philly fans would boo the hell out of him if Phillies' management brought him back. It's time to move on from his lazy ass.
Regardless of who plays center field in the future (Andrew McCuthen played center last night) it can't be goofy Odubel. Management can't screw this up like they did the Brett Myers incident in 2007.
Gabe Kapler has much invested in this situation. He and ex-wife Lisa built shelters for abused women in Los Angeles. Kapler refuses to answer questions about an incident that occurred in 2015 when he was with the Angels. Supposedly, instead of reporting an allegation that an Angels prospect attacked a 17-year-old girl and Kapler tried to mediate a meeting between the player and the victim and not report the incident to police. .
This is even worse news for Herrera, and regardless of what the investigation finds, he could be made an example of by the Phillies.
Whatever, he has played his last game for the Phillies.
- The Phillies overcame a 3-0 deficit last night and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. The Phils return to 10 games over .500 and are now 2 1/2 games in 1st place in National League East.
Despite two more strikeouts by Bryce Harper, he hit a key double in the team's comeback. Cesar Hernandez, who continues to hit and is making a run at an All-Star nod, crushed a two-run homer to right to give the Phillies a 4-3 lead. Hector Neris pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save.
Nick Pivetta, despite a shaky first inning, pitched five innings and got the win. Too soon to tell if he will get another start. My feeling is he will because who else can the club turn to? Plus the organization has invested too much in Pivetta then to send him back to Lehigh valley and give up on him.
Aaron Nola goes for Philadelphia tonight in game two with the Redbirds.
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