Osuna asks people not to judge him yet
Concerned he has already been painted guilty in the public’s eye, former Blue Jays reliever Roberto Osuna said he hasn’t had an easy ride since returning to baseball with the Houston Astros.
Traded by the Jays to the defending World Series champs at the end of his 75-game suspension for violating of MLB’s domestic violence policy, Osuna told USA Today he has had to have extra security on the road.
Specifically, Osuna said he’s been subject to “aggressive insults” from fans in Seattle and Oakland. Though his suspension is completed, Osuna’s court case stemming from assault charges in Toronto May 9 is still playing out.
“No one knows what happened, but obviously me,” Osuna told Bob Nightengale. “Everybody is quick to judge me and say all kinds of things about it.
“I’m just waiting for everything to come out so people can really wait to see what happened. I would really like the fans and everybody else (to) learn what the media says is not true.
“The biggest thing for me, and it’s sad to me, (is)
EVERYBODY IS JUDGING ME FOR THINGS THEY DON’T KNOW.
how people are free to say whatever they want. They can just judge you and they don’t know you. Everybody is judging me for things they don’t know. I don’t like that.”
The Mexican reliever also suggested if he was American he would be viewed differently.
He also said he became upset when a spectator in Oakland shouted slurs about his mother.
“You can say anything you want to me,” Osuna said. “But don’t talk about my mom. I might lose my mind one day if you try to say something to my mom. She has nothing to do with this.
“There are people who changed towards me, but so many people had my back and were supportive. I heard from guys like Jason Grilli, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. That meant everything to me.”