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BaseVols got a pretty tough draw in their Regional. Duke, Liberty, and Wright State.
 
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Don't follow the minors real close. Is Almonte going to start or just a bench player? I want to see very little of Ender and Adrianza
 
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The Uniform Player Contract (UPC) in baseball says a team can terminate a contract if a player shall, “fail, refuse or neglect to conform his personal conduct to the standards of good citizenship and good sportsmanship or to keep himself in first-class physical condition or to obey the club’s training rules.” It also allows a team to terminate a deal if a player shall “fail, refuse or neglect to render his services hereunder or in any manner materially breach this contract.”

Teams, in addendums to the UPC outlining specific prohibited activities, sometimes include convictions for criminal acts. But the union has long viewed such guarantee language and other addendums as unenforceable because they are not collectively bargained, sources say. And the sport’s domestic-violence policy, which establishes the blueprint for penalties in such matters, would appear to take precedence over the UPC’s reference to “the standards of good citizenship.” The policy does not list the voiding of a contract as a potential form of discipline.

No team has even attempted to terminate the contract of any of the 13 players previously suspended for domestic violence, knowing efforts to convert guaranteed money into non-guaranteed in other situations have rarely resulted in anything more than partial success.
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Ozuna’s case, obviously, is in a separate category, and the police officers’ witnessing of the altercation distinguishes it from even most DV cases. According to the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, his wife cannot drop charges once law enforcement submits them to the prosecutor. But unless Ozuna pleads guilty or serves time in jail, the Braves almost certainly will be obligated to pay him any money he is owed beyond a possible suspension. (Pirates reliever Felipe Vázquez has not been paid since his arrest last September and subsequent conviction for sexual assault, sexual abuse of children and child pornography charges.) Technically, Ozuna’s status would be not unlike those of players who violate baseball’s Joint Drug Agreement in that once he served his penalty, he would be a member of the sport in good standing.
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They probably can't terminate his deal unless he's actually convicted and doesn't play again. They don't have to pay him while he's suspended or in prison, but would have to resume paying him once he's served any penalty/sentence.
 
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