Hector Olivera is effectively already suspended without pay – those paychecks he’s still receiving are merely figments of his imagination.
So says Ken Rosenthal in a story about Rockies’ SS Jose Reyes, who is expected to finally learn of his fate from major league baseball as early as today.
Reyes, 32, already has missed the Rockies‘ first 34 games while on paid administrative leave. A suspension of say, 60 games, would cover an additional 26 games and become unpaid. Reyes would need to repay any money he received during his paid leave, so he stands to lose nearly half of his $22 million salary in 2016.