Had the season started on March 26, German would have been eligible to return on June 5 because he still needs to serve 63-games of the 81-game suspension that he accepted last fall for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy. For whatever reason, some people assumed German would still be able to return on June 5 regardless of when the season started. That is not true.
Brian Cashman clarified:
“He has a suspension in the amount of games. It doesn’t start until the schedule starts. The suspension is in games, so the bottom line is, until those games come off the board, that’s how long his suspension is going to last.