The Milwaukee Brewers released pitcher Luke Barker this week, and he’s not happy about it.
It’s not the fact that he was released that got to him, however. That happens in baseball all the time.
It was that he was designated for assignment and released just hours after he underwent Tommy John surgery.
“Unfortunately, this means my time as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers organization has come to an end,” he wrote on Twitter on Thursday night. “I’ll let others decide whether releasing a player on surgery day is ethical.