At a team meeting, Cleveland Indians players reprimanded teammates Zach Plesac and Mike Clevinger for violating COVID-19 protocols, and a player even he would retire from the rest of the season if any of them remained on the list, according to ESPN.
The assembly took position Friday, ESPN reported, and arrived after any of the players violated the team’s fitness and protection guidelines. ESPN reported that Plesac left the team hotel on a recent trip to Chicago on August 7 and went to see friends. Clevinger would have later joined Plesac.
During Friday’s meeting, the Indians opted for the two beginner pitchers at the team’s choice site in Eastlake, Ohio.
According to ESPN, some of the Cleveland players accepted Clevinger and Plesac’s apology and liked to stay with the team, anger over the rapes is palpable enough to lead them to their degradations.
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Cleveland players were disturbed not only by the resolution of breaking protocol, ESPN reported, but also by his subsequent movements. Some players think Clevinger is not fair to his role in the incident before boarding a team plane on August 9. At that time, Plesac had been sent home the day before after being trapped in the team hotel on the morning of August 8, ESPN reported. .
Players were also embarrassed by Plesac’s attempt at the stage in a video posted on his Instagram page in which he blamed the media for the way the story was reported. The video, which has since been removed, showed Plesac driving.
Indian manager Terry Francona said he was “disappointed” through the video, according to the team reporter to MLB.com.
Oliver Perez, a 39-year-old reliever of theArray, said he would leave the si Clevinger and Plesac return to theArray, ESPN reported.
“They hurt us,” Plutko said after Cleveland’s 7-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. “They lied to us. They sat here in front of you and said publicly things they had followed.”
Cleveland stepped forward at 13-9 after sweeping the Detroit Tigers and is just one game away from the Minnesota Twins in the Central Division of the American League.
Plesac, 25, is 1-1 in 3 games this season with 1.29 MPM and 24 strikeouts. Clevinger, 29, is 1-1 in 3 games, with 3.24 MPM and 15 strikeouts.
Contributor: Associated Press