Cubs News: Maddon responds to A-Rod's controversial comments on Darvish |
The Cubs were able to salvage a 5-2 win over the Cardinals on Sunday night.
However, it wasn't without some controversy from ESPN announcer Alex Rodriguez. During the telecast, he went on a rather long rant about how Yu Darvish is doing his own thing and and not being part of the Cubs clubhouse. Basically, declaring him a cancer to the 25-man roster and predicting it will take him two or three years to get the respect back from this teammates. "It's gotten so bad around, they won't say this publicly, but, they let him take control of his own rehab which is scary," Rodriguez said. "They don't want to create anything that he can push back against. He will let the team know when he is ready. I'll let you know what that means to a clubhouse, you lose respect quickly. My concern for him cause he is a great young talent that it might take two, three, four years [respect] and you may not get that back." Manager Joe Maddon heard the controversial comments and discussed them during his postgame interview as he wholeheartedly disagreed. "I totally disagree with that," he said. "Everybody knows what’s going on. We know that there is an injury in there. We support his recovery. Everybody in there does. It’s unfortunate that it was relayed that way, but that’s not true.” VIDEO: @AROD's full comments on #ESPN regarding the @Cubs clubhouse and @faridyu to which @CubsJoeMadd has taken exception. It begs credulity that the only one who had this inside scoop was A-Rod. #GoCubsGo pic.twitter.com/TbFmb5mgaC
