Tigers say Young will play if MLB clears him
The Tigers placed outfielder Delmon Young on the restricted list Saturday and said he would be evaluated under baseball’s employee assistance program following his arrest on a hate crime harassment charge for an encounter at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-semitic epithets.
Young was arraigned Friday and posted a $5,000 bond at a brief hearing in Manhattan court. He faces a misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge.
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said he expects Young to return to the lineup if he is cleared by the evaluation. That could happen as soon as Monday, he said. Dombrowski would not say if the Tigers were considering any punishment of their own.
“He’s accused of a misdemeanor,” Dombrowski said. “If he’s cleared to play, he will play.”
Dombrowski said that Young was “extremely remorseful, extremely apologetic” about the events of early Friday morning. Howard, Utley rehabbing: Ryan Howard is heading to Clearwater, Fla., on Sunday and Chase Utley could join him within a week as the two injured Phillies stars inch closer to joining the team for the first time this season.
Howard hasn’t hit in two months since having a procedure to remove an infection near his surgically repaired left Achilles tendon. Utley has been working out with a specialist in Arizona to strengthen his chronically bad knees. Briefly: The Rockies placed right-hander Jeremy Guthrie on the 15-day disabled list a day after he injured his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle. … The Brewers purchased the contract of right-hander Vinnie Chulk and optioned reliever Mike Mcclendon to Triple-a Nashville.