Before making posts like this you should learn how baseball rosters and contracts work. You clearly do not. Who exactly would you have demoted to keep Bass around?
This was a baseball decision that was made easier by.Bass performance on the field and his inability to go more than an inning. If you are claiming this was not a baseball decision why didn’t the Jays designate him earlier when he made his transgressions? Why was it only done to accommodate a necessary player move?
The Jays called up Mitch White because they needed some length out of the pen with Manoah out. Do you not understand the implications of playing a few bullpen day gamrs, and having too many 1 inning relievers like Bass?
Mitch White 30 day rehab stint was nearly over. At that point he MUST get called up or placed on waivers. Do you not understand what a 30 day rehab stint implies after a 60 day DL stint?
Mitch White is not really good. Neither is Bass. But at least White serves a role that the Jays currently need .. a reliever who can multiple inings.. .. a low leverage reliever like Bass who can’t go multiple innings does not serve a role right now.
If you are the Jays who do you demote instead of Bass?
What team would spend 3m this year and next, to claim Bass?
What exactly is Bass going to sue for? He is going to get his full contract this year even if released plus the 1m buyout next year. He does not get any money withheld .. so again what is the basis for his lawsuit?
since nobody claimed him off waivers is he also going to sue MLB? Hard to argue that when a team can find a replacement player level at $600,000 that will do just as well as Bass at $3,000,000. When you suck on the field, and it’s easy to argue the decisions to demote / not claim you how the hell can you sue.. especially when the team kept you around until you were demoted because a baseball decision needed to be made.
But please tell us what baseball decision would have been smarter for the Jays than demoting Bass?
