The St. Louis Cardinals, in response to a gay minor league pitcher’s remarks that he had abandoned baseball because of homophobia, said Thursday that they were taking the allegations “very seriously.”
The pitcher, Tyler Dunnington, whom the Cardinals selected in the 2014 draft, told Outsports.com in a report published Wednesday that he had heard derogatory comments from college coaches and from unidentified teammates in the minors. Dunnington, 24, said that “each comment felt like a knife to my heart.”
General Manager John Mozeliak said in a statement Thursday that he was “very disappointed” to learn about Dunnington’s experiences, adding that “our hope is that every player, staff member and employee feels they are treated equally and fairly.