Quote Originally Posted by simpdog View Post
San, I think you're dead on. He isn't playing again this year and then the Dodgers only move is to buy him out to save face.

Druff, you brought up Puig? He's playing in Mexico with our old closer Osuna. And I haven't read that much about him lately but I don't think he was ever charged with anything. Osuna at least got charged before he was released, somehow played a bit with the Astros then is now in Mexico trying to pitch his way back to the big leagues.

This is the court of the public opinion, not a criminal court (which San just referenced). And it's also 2021, #metoo, cancel culture and all of that.
Puig was a straw-that-broke-the-camels back thing.

He was not performing well on the field, was a distraction, and was a constant pain in the ass. That's why nobody wants him. And he's over 30 now. He was 100% set up by that woman, though.

It is possible the optics here will force him out of baseball for awhile? Maybe.

In general, I have a big problem with a situation where a person is penalized for a sexual act between two consenting adults, no matter how it looks to those on the outside.

This wasn't rape, it wasn't domestic violence, and it wasn't abuse. If there had only been one meetup, and if she complained afterwards that he took it too far, I'd be singing a different tune. The fact that she went back a second time for basically the same thing (and texted that she was the most turned on in her life) speaks volumes.