Major League Baseball Discussion

[ghost2509]

The Dodgers keep giving a retired player with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia $0 contracts so he can keep his health insurance

INSIDER
yahoo.com
Cork Gaines
March 28, 2023

The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Andrew Toles to a new contract even though he hasn't played Major League Baseball since 2018, and it seems unlikely he will ever play again.

According to Houston Mitchell of the Los Angeles Times, the Dodgers re-signed Toles so that he can maintain access to the team's health insurance.

In 2020, Toles was found homeless and sleeping behind a building in Key West, Florida. He was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor trespassing and released to the care of his father.

Toles' father told USA Today in 2021 that his son was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and was in a "zombie-like condition."

"We are having challenges,'' Alvin Toles told USA Today. "But nothing that God and I can't handle. Schizophrenia, it's just so tough. I mean, he can't even watch TV. He hears voices and the TV at the same time, so it's kind of confusing. I've seen him looking at some baseball games on his laptop, but I don't think he really understands what's going on."

Toles played just parts of three seasons with the Dodgers, but he became a sensation with his stellar play in the 2016 National League playoffs.

This is the fifth-straight season that the Dodgers have quietly renewed Toles' contract. He is on the Dodgers' reserve list and does not receive a salary.

[jamaharon]

The Oakland A's are on the verge of moving to Las Vegas

The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land in Las Vegas to build a new ballpark, signaling a move away from Oakland after more than five decades in the city.

Team officials announced this week that they had finalized the agreement to buy a 49-acre site just west of the Las Vegas Strip and hope to play there beginning in 2027. "We realize this is a difficult day for our Oakland fans and community," the team said in a statement.

The A's hope to break ground next year on a new stadium with a seating capacity of 30,000 to 35,000, team President Dave Kaval told The Associated Press.

If the move proceeds as planned, the A's will become just the second Major League Baseball franchise to move cities in more than 50 years.

[jamaharon]

Are you watching this postseason?

[Lando Griffin]

Originally Posted by jamaharon

Are you watching this postseason?

I'm not a big baseball fan, but Shohei Ohtani is must see tv.

[DominicanD]

Originally Posted by Lando Griffin

I'm not a big baseball fan, but Shohei Ohtani is must see tv.

MLB is salivating at a Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series for the TV ratings. It will be worldwide with all of Japan and Asia watching along with the US.