Mariners Distance Themselves from Steve Clevenger's Tweets [UPDATE]
The Mariners released this statement about tweets sent by their backup catcher Steve Clevenger:
Statement from Jerry Dipoto, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations on Tweets from catcher Steve Clevenger. pic.twitter.com/1xWk6dy5ap
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 23, 2016
Clevenger’s account is protected now, but his tweets were screengrabbed by Yahoo’s Jeff Passan:
Rational person: "That Mark Trumbo-for-Steve Clevenger trade this offseason cannot possibly get any worse."
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 23, 2016
Steve Clevenger: "Wanna bet?" pic.twitter.com/AtVMYQE9Rk
Clevenger has appeared in 22 games this season; he’s batting .221 with one home run and seven RBI’s.
UPDATE: Clevenger’s season is over; it will be interesting to see the response from the MLBPA:
The #Mariners have announced that catcher Steve Clevenger has been suspended without pay for the remainder of the season.
— MarinersPR (@MarinersPR) September 23, 2016