July 4 (Reuters) – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher David Cost stated on Saturday he has actually chosen not to play in Major League Baseball’s coronavirus-delayed 2020 season to secure his and his family’s health.
Rate, a five-times All-Star and previous Cy Young Award winner who won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2018, participated in spring training with the Dodgers prior to action was suspended in mid-March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
” After substantial thought and discussion with my family and the Dodgers, I have actually decided it remains in the very best interest of my health and my household’s health for me not to play this season,” Cost said on Twitter.
” I will miss my teammates and will be cheering for them throughout the season and on to a World Series triumph.
” I’m sorry I will not be betting you this year, but eagerly anticipate representing you next year.”
The Red Sox traded Rate to the Dodgers in February and the left-hander was expected to join the starting rotation as a replacement for Ryu Hyun-jin, who left as a complimentary agent.
Price, who was limited to 22 starts last season because of a cyst on his left wrist that needed surgical treatment, went 7-5 in 2019 with a 4.28 earned run average.
MLB and its players’ association recently accepted a shortened, 60- game 2020 project that would begin on either July 23 or 24 without any fans in participation.
MLB was arranged to open its 162- game routine season in late March however postponed the project due to the pandemic. (Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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