Outfielder Yasiel Puig is once again causing trouble at the Los Angeles Dodgers.After the Cuban had already been out on Sunday due to performance, he was removed from the lineup on Monday because he was late.
On Monday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts removed Puig from the lineup for the game against San Diego Padres (9-3) because he was late for the pre-game workout.He did not play on Sunday after making an obvious base-running mistake on Saturday.
“Yasiel has been great all year round, but to be clear, there has been a situation where he was supposed to be on the field today and he was late,”Roberts told reporters,”In our current situation, it must be clear to everyone that our only task now is to prepare ourselves for the postseason, to finish the season strongly and that everyone is going with us.I think, and I know no player can stand above the team.The priority must be all of us.And from my point of view, it was a decision he made, not me,”said Robert’s position on the punishment of Puig.
The Dodgers won their 100th birthday against the Padres on Monday.Victory of the season, have already won the NL West and are only fighting for the best record in the National League and the MLB as a whole.
Puig had regained his form this season after the last few rather weak years and had achieved the highest career scores with 26 home runs and 70 RBI.It also beats. 259 with a. 813 OPS.
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