Things keep getting worse for Yankees’ Starter Domingo Germán after the news broke earlier this week that he would miss the remainder of the 2023 Season due to him undergoing alcohol abuse treatment following an incident that occurred in the clubhouse.
SNY’s Andy Martino reported that the 30-year-old grew “belligerent” in the clubhouse and was not able to control his emotions during an alcohol-induced episode. General Manager Brian Cashman, Manager Aaron Boone, and Star Pitcher Gerrit Cole all seemed very disturbed while talking about the incident.
The initial reports didn’t tell the true severity of the incident until Lindsey Adler of the Wall Street Journal dropped a report on what really happened inside the closed doors of the Yankees’ Clubhouse.
“During the incident, the pitcher flipped over a couch and smashed a TV and was then held in a sauna as the team tried to get him to sweat out the alcohol,” according to Adler’s Report. “He was then placed in a team nap room as Yankees’ security watched over him, but it's uncertain when he left Yankee Stadium.”
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Domingo Germán pitching for the New York Yankees during a game
against the Baltimore Orioles on April 7, 2019. Keith Allison | Wikipedia
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Germán has had plenty of issues off the field in his pro career. The most notable of the two is his 2019 Domestic Violence incident that put him on administrative leave and later resulted in an 81 game suspension.
The Yankees will certainly miss Germán on the field for the remainder of the year as the pitching staff is entering dangerous territory, but the alcohol abuse treatment may be best for Germán’s well being.
CC Sabathia also underwent similar treatment for alcohol abuse back in 2015 and he had a career renaissance in the years following his treatment. Hopefully for Germán, he can take what he can from Sabathia’s experience and use it to better his life on and off the field.