Re Rendon and disability—wasn’t that sorta what went on between the Yankees and Ellsbury? With the difference being the Yankees wanted to claim Ellsbury was disabled, and he kept maintaining he would be capable of playing again?
I suspect Rendon and the Angels, with an assist from MLBPA (or whatever they’re called now) will negotiate a retirement, with the union looking on to make sure the players’ precedents are maintained. He had surgical repair of the other hip a few years ago when he was rehabbing a hamstring, and with this hip now being worked on, I am sure he doesn’t want to be an arthritic wreck when he’s in his 50s. His body will not cooperate, and he’s had some bad luck besides (broken wrist, a foul ball off the shin that fractured his tibia).
His frustration must be off the charts. He was off to a hot start last season, tore his hamstring running out infield hit, his season was effectively done by May.
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Re Rendon and disability—wasn’t that sorta what went on between the Yankees and Ellsbury? With the difference being the Yankees wanted to claim Ellsbury was disabled, and he kept maintaining he would be capable of playing again?
I suspect Rendon and the Angels, with an assist from MLBPA (or whatever they’re called now) will negotiate a retirement, with the union looking on to make sure the players’ precedents are maintained. He had surgical repair of the other hip a few years ago when he was rehabbing a hamstring, and with this hip now being worked on, I am sure he doesn’t want to be an arthritic wreck when he’s in his 50s. His body will not cooperate, and he’s had some bad luck besides (broken wrist, a foul ball off the shin that fractured his tibia).
His frustration must be off the charts. He was off to a hot start last season, tore his hamstring running out infield hit, his season was effectively done by May.
MLBPA largely stays out of negotiated settlements. They're against them. It's a contract and it gets paid, why take a settlement?
I forget the details of Ellsbury, but you can imagine that it comes down to the doctors in cases like that, even when a player is saying things.