Alfonzo's drug ban dropped by MLB, so they fire their arbitrator

The Colorado Rockies sent catcher Eliezer Alfonzo to Triple-A, where he is on the restricted list until he's able to obtain a visa to travel from Venezuela, after after Major League Baseball dropped his 100-game suspension for a positive drug test because of.....chain-of-command procedural issues

MLB sent arbitrator Shyam Das, who also overturned Ryan Bruan's suspension, to the unemployment line after his decision. NYDN reports:

Major League Baseball and the Players Association can fire the arbitrator – the third member of a panel that also consists of union chief Michael Weiner and MLB vice president Rob Manfred – at any time with written notice.

Das, a graduate of Harvard and Yale Law School, had been MLB’s arbitrator since 2004. He is also an arbitrator for the NFL and is expected to hear a grievance in the New Orleans Saints bounty case later this week. A NFL spokesman said MLB’s decision to fire Das has not affected his role with the football league.

Think Bud Selig is dropping the wrong employee.

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