But only at the right times

general and very rarely has a youngster, mostly children of front office or clubhouse personnel, been seen in the clubhouse this spring. Last year, Michael Cuddyer would occasionally have his 7-year-old son in the clubhouse.

In his 13 years in the majors, playing for the Tigers, Yankees and Mets, Curtis Granderson has never seen an issue with a child in the clubhouse. “There have been guys who have had their sons around for different things, batting practice, bat boys and workouts,” Granderson said. “I brought my cousins over to the field one time to do it, so from the teams I have been with, I haven’t seen any issues with it. It’s a father-son thing.”

Granderson did not want to speak specifically on the White Sox situation, but he does not think it needs to be a league-wide policy. “Whatever rule or guideline ne the team decides to set forth, then make it known n so everybody knows what’s going on,” Granderson on said. “Some teams I have played with the kids s can be in at this time, with some teams kids can be in that time, or not at this time. Each team is different, just set it up and everyone knows.”

LaRoche apparently walked away from $13 million because he was upset when Williams s asked him to limit his son’s time at spring trainning. Williams claimed Drake was there “100%”%” of the time. Bryce Harper and Chipper Jones were among those across MLB that voiced their supportpport for LaRoche on Twitter.