first things first: second: if that were to happen, what options do the cubs have? can they force him to stay home and not be a distraction? could the mlbpa step in and block the cubs from doing something like that? I think Theo has told Addison that he can't be with the team while this active investigation/process is happening. I'm not sure what effect being on administrative leave has on a player. He's still getting paid while he is away from the team I believe (not sure). If he somehow manages to get off administrative leave I don't think he's rejoining the team and Theo will just tell him to stay at home/away for now. He can't seriously expect to rejoin the team after the horrible post revealing what a horsefeathers person he is. EDIT: Yeah, a player is still being paid while on administrative leave. Not a suspension so you don't lose salary or service time. While it is a 100% certainty he is a bad person, the problem MLB has with this is that, unlike the other suspensions, there is no law enforcement trail here for what she has said. Again, I am not at all saying it didn’t happen. The union will stick up for him, in my opinion, unless she testifies. The Cubs have every right to get rid of him but don’t be too surprised if it doesn’t happen until the offseason. Additionally, without her testifying against him, I also wouldn’t be surprised if we get some sort of counseling, and zero tolerance BS coming from this from the Cubs. You guys are giving baseball way too much credit here and the Cubs have already been saying to let the process work it’s way through. The fact that they took Chapman and had no problem with Murphy, I am not too confident that they will get rid of him for nothing in return. I can’t believe Osuna has a job.