Posted on 09/15/2022 3:32:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Tampa Bay reliever Brooks Raley will miss the Rays' five-game, four-day series at Toronto because players must be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada.
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Sunday that Raley will be the only player not making the trip.
Raley, 34, will lose $93,407 of his $4.25 million salary during the series, which runs from Monday to Thursday. He forfeited the same amount when he missed the Rays' first series at Toronto this year, from June 30 to July 3, bringing his total loss to $186,814.
A left-hander, Raley is 1-1 with a 2.03 ERA and six saves in 52 appearances this season.
Unvaccinated foreigners cannot enter Canada. MLB and the players' association agreed that players unable to enter the country be placed on the restricted list, where they are not paid and do not accrue major league service time.
Rays reliever Ryan Thompson, on the restricted list for the the first trip, is on the injured list with right triceps inflammation.
Tampa Bay has just two trips to Toronto this year because of an April series that was postponed by the lockout.
I just got a new favorite pitcher.
Tampa Bay guys refused the rainbow uniforms also and wore their regular gear on religious grounds.
I’m a Mariners fan. Robbie Ray, our new signing and last years Cy Young winner, doesnt go to Toronto either. They know he’s un fake vaxxed. They tolerate it because he’s their biggest signing (aside from J Rod) and de facto ace.
Sad how these guys all rolled over. They could have all stood together and stopped this evil..smh
A union would have stood up and simply stated; "every player on every team plays or none of us play".
The same is true of every police, fire, teacher, and employee union.
I think these guys make so much dough they are reluctant to go on strike
If they raped some people, the union would have supported them.
When are Canada and the US going to end this asinine policy of not allowing the unvaccinated into their respective countries? Enough is enough. The so-called emergency ended a long time ago.
Ditto.
He’s a former Astro, IIRC.
I can not believe that these asshats WHO KNOW the damn vaccine does not work but STILL DEMAND people take it!!
It seems like many people I know that have gone to Canada lately wound up getting Covid.
Oh, Canada.
Trudeau neauveu’s a loozah.
Mounties look good in red,
Your COVID rules are dumb...
Toronto should be made to forfeit every game that an opposing player has to miss due to the idiotic mandate.
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