SUNDAY: Ramirez is not under federal investigation and has not been connected to any drug ring, Shelley Murphy and Evan Allen of the Boston Globe report. Rather, Ramirez’s friend – who was arrested in April while transporting fentanyl from New York to Massachusetts – mentioned the player’s name “to get the cops off his back, which didn’t work,” the friend’s attorney informed Murphy and Allen.
Ramirez’s agent, Adam Katz, responded Sunday, saying (via Bob Nightengale of USA Today, on Twitter): “The reporting on Hanley’s involvement in this matter was reckless and irresponsible. It’s unfortunate that one careless, inaccurate story can generate such widespread negative and damaging coverage. Hanley is pleased to be absolved from wrongdoing and having any involvement in this matter.”
FRIDAY: Long-time major-leaguer Hanley Ramirez is “being eyed” in relation to a broader federal and state drug investigation, Michele McPhee of ABC News and Newsweek reports on Twitter. The precise nature of the Ramirez’s involvement is not yet entirely clear; at present, it’s not even apparent whether he is viewed as a potential suspect of any kind by authorities, and he has not been charged with any crimes.
Ramirez’s agent, Adam Katz, issued a statement to media members including Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter link). He asserts that “Hanley has no knowledge of any of the allegations contained in this media report and he is not aware of any investigation.”
McPhee, a veteran crime reporter, explained in an appearance on Boston’s 98.5 The Sports Hub (audio link) that a man (not Ramirez) was found by police to be carrying in his vehicle a large volume of drugs — specifically, fentanyl and crack cocaine. She continued to report that the man, who was later arrested and charged, “claimed that one of the items found in the vehicle belonged to Hanley Ramirez and then FaceTimed [Ramirez] in front of police.”
The suspect is evidently also linked to a broader Lawrence, Massachusetts fentanyl ring that has been the subject of a significant, ongoing investigation. Tom Cleary of Heavy.com dug up some related criminal complaints that seem to line up with the reporting. None of those documents mention Ramirez.
Additionally, McPhee stated in the above-linked radio interview that the incident “sparked, obviously, some contact between Ramirez and law enforcement who were working on this case.” That said, the nature and timing of that contact is not known. And there’s no real suggestion to this point that Ramirez is a subject of ongoing investigation himself.
Ramirez is currently a free agent. He opened the year with the Red Sox but was designated for assignment in late May and later released. When Ramirez was sent packing by the Boston organization, it came as a bit of a surprise. While he was slumping at the time, he had started the season well and seemed worthy of a longer leash, particularly given his hefty salary.
When the Sox decided on the move, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and manager Alex Cora gave a somewhat unusual account of the decisionmaking process. With rather atypical willingness to discuss the decision in detail, both said that Cora had suggested it’d be preferable to part with Ramirez despite plans to move another player off of the roster.
McPhee says that the above-referenced incident “coordinated with the the timing of [Ramirez’s] release from the Red Sox.” The team, though, maintains that it had no knowledge of any investigation at the time, as Alex Speier of the Boston Globe tweets. The decision on Ramirez was based purely on baseball considerations, per the organization.
It’s important to note, too, that it’s still not clear whether the dates really do line up in the manner hinted at. While Ramirez was technically released on June 1st, release waivers were requested on May 30th. And he was designated for assignment — the truly consequential roster move — on May 25th. A press release indicates that the arrest of the suspect occurred on June 6th; if the car stop occurred at a prior time, the date is unreported at this point.
It has also been a topic of some note in recent weeks that Ramirez has remained unsigned for an extended stretch. Because he was released, the Red Sox are obligated to him for the $15MM or that was left on his contract for the present season. Any other club could have (and still can) acquire Ramirez’s services for the only the league-minimum rate of pay. Today’s reporting could, in theory, provide a reason for Ramirez’s still-ongoing free agency. But there’s no direct evidence for that proposition and there are certainly other conceivable explanations for the fact that he has not yet joined a new team.
Ramirez, 34, is certainly not your average major leaguer. He has played 14 seasons at the game’s highest level, earning about $160MM along the way. Early in his career, it seemed Ramirez might be on a Hall-of-Fame trajectory, though he has not been consistently productive more recently. Ramirez has generated some controversy at times for eccentric behavior, though that has never been a significant concern during periods when he has produced at the plate. What impact, if any, this still-developing situation may have on his career moving forward remains to be seen.
Just plain weird
You knew there had to be something up
Exactly. They just got rid of him. Also, now that he is a free agent no one has signed him and not even rumors of him signing anywhere.
They got rid of him because he was due like 22 mil next year if he reached a certain amount of PAs. That isn’t weird at all.
Now nobody picking him up at the league min might have a better case for weird. But time and time again we’ve seen teams shy away from old DH types so is it really all that weird.
Who is going to sign him? Plays only 1st or DH. And where would he want to play? Baltimore or KC?
Plenty of reasons why he’s not playing right now.
Orioles don’t need another overpriced, non-productive first baseman.
Has he been trying to get picked up?
Read a few lines and now you know it all.
“You knew there had to be something up.”
Hmmmm, this hasn’t aged well.
What in the world? I’m at a loss for words. What do I say next? Should I just not say anything?
How about sorry from everyone that assumed the worst of him just because his skills diminished or would that be too humbling.
And now we know why the Orioles Front Office is interested in Hanley. Or should I say interested in what Hanley has to offer.
Someone tell Hanley to sell the movie rights
Have him try on the glove.
You win! You always do. Thats why i come up here
Hanley was seen this evening trying some Korean take out in Boston.
Try harder to stay relevant sweetheart
And there was herb growing only two blocks away.
Very little surprises me anymore about pro athletes, even reports of potential criminal ties like these.
That said, the part where the suspect “”FaceTimed [Ramirez] in front of police” definitely caught me off guard. What an idiot move!!
That caught me off guard too but for different reasons. Since when is someone in the process of being arrested for driving a car full of drugs allowed to use their personal phone to contact someone else?
The “in front of the police” part kind of answers that – they allegedly allowed him to make the call to widen the suspect pool, and possibly gain evidence against said wider pool
“That’s not mine.”
“Whose is it?”
“Hanley Ramirez.”
“Wut.”
“Watch I’ll FaceTime him.”
“Okay go for it.”
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Couldn’t resist. Purely made up. But hey, if a suspect is potentially handing you evidence, why not?
My thoughts exactly.
You believe that crap? If that was remotely true Ramirez would definitely be under more than a cloud of suspicion.
This article was so poorly written I’m not inclined to believe much of what it contains. I am no Boston or Ramirez fan, I just believe in fairness & honest reporting. Whoever wrote that article needs to stop trying to be Tolstoy & just write the facts, stop tripping over their words.
There is ZERO proof that he did anything criminal or is involved in anything criminal at this point. To suggest something otherwise is irresponsible. MLB would be on him like flies on fresh turd in the hot sun if he was wrapped up in criminal activities. They love flexing their MLB policing/playing God muscles on their players, even before they have been charged or gone through the court system.
Boston thinks they are taking the the ring this year. They are clearing the payroll to pick up some pieces at the trade deadline to fill in the holes so they can buy the team they think can buy them a World Series win. It’s what Boston & the Yankmes do. Buy rings.
It makes “no sense” that the authorities would “tip off” Hanley Ramirez, via a “news reporter”, that they were investigating him.
Hanley could obviously destroy any incriminating material with this information.
If the authorities had anything they would just have simply arrested Hanley and kept it quiet until they did. They certainly wouldn’t have tipped off a reporter.
I think the public has the right to know the source of this reporter’s information and for the reporter to prove this report as she will likely face a defamation lawsuit if she can’t and nothing actually comes of this bizarre report.
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The reporter in this case was very clear about what she was and wasn’t reporting. She did not say that Ramirez is a target, let alone that he has been charged, or that the Red Sox knew about it when he was DFA’ed.
Regarding the team, as I noted in the post, it’s not even clear that the timing does line up. (Not that it’d be conclusive proof if it did.) But certainly the club (or the reporter) could have learned of this other than from the authorities.
As far as the idea of tipping off Ramirez, if he was somehow involved in any nefarious activities, I’m sure he’d already know that his conspirators were facing charges.
That’s where I agree. He was not caught with the 435.grams….but his name was mentioned.
Jeff you are right, the reporter did nothing wrong in her publicizing exactly what went down and what his involvement is in the case.
Once again it’s the fact that someone is first in reporting it instead of someone having the right facts. My guess she probably knew the whole but what the heck let’s make assumptions in around about way and watch it go viral maybe I get more followers!!!!
This is potentially a valid criticism of her reporting. Hard to assess without knowing the full situation, of course, but running with one item can be fraught with problems.
George B, Why are people so quick to throw out the 1st Amendment these days? I am sure you have said “This is a free country” at some point in your life. Start chipping away at the very first thing the Founding Fathers put into the Constitution and you will see how long you will be able to say that.
Along the same lines, I was watching ESPN a couple of weeks ago and it was reported in the Dominican Republic by an unnamed source that Jose Ramirez(not Hanley) was going to be suspended for a failed drug test. This report and claim was actually denied by Ramirez, his Agent, and the Indians FO. MadDog actually had something quick to say about it on his show about it, so who knows.
We never covered that at all since there was no evident basis for it whatsoever. This report is different in many regards, so I went ahead and wrote a (very carefully worded) post.
Makes one wonder since the details don’t come out until after the player is suspended. There indeed might be something here with the Indians Ramirez after all. Aren’t there circumstances where the player is appealing his failed test and nothing can be released till after the results of the appeal?
Typically it’s crickets from league/team/player/agent until a suspension is handed out post-appeal. In this case, the Indians said they were informed by MLB that there was nothing going on at all.
Anybody wonder about this guys sudden surge?
Not really. PED’s don’t just turn you into one of the leagues best hitters overnight. But I can’t say that he’s not because I don’t know and I’m not going to start calling out every player who improves.
But with the ways they can hide positive tests, it wouldn’t shock me if over half the league was/is on PED’s at some point.
MLB never comments on these things because of ongoing appeals, but they came right out and said there was nothing to the Ramirez story.
Sudden surge? It’s his 3rd straight season of producing, and he’s just 25. It’s not like he was a Punch & Judy hitter and turned it on at 30 years old.
As more comes out we will learn it all. Yes, its all adds up with timing of allegations amd his release. Either way we dont know squat…so why assume??
So you’re apparently disputing Alex Cora’s press conference, after the game, by surmising this “all adds up”?
To believe this you apparently have to assume the police secretly told the Red Sox, kept it quiet, and then released the information to a reporter without arresting Hanley.
Why would the police do that? Do you have any idea how they would look if it came out that they did? Or that they told a reporter and let Hanley off the hook by not arresting him and tipping him off to possibly destroy evidence?
Cora “categorically” stated the Red Sox had no knowledge of this, his release was entirely baseball related and he hoped the information was untrue.
I have to conclude there is nothing to this report and that I would not want to be the reporter that released this information. She is going to be in big trouble if nothing comes of this.
Have you ever been thru the system or part of an investigation?
Yes, I am a agent.
Still doesn’t answer the question?
The system is screwed up….end result is facts.
Yes, everything jives. He may be part of it but doesnt mean he’s guilty..
Hence why this rumor came out hours before this site mentioned it.
Legally, cops can lie to you during interrogations to seek answers.
I’m a maine native and saw Hanley grow to the Marlins.
People make bad devisions in life amd correct when wrong.
I’m not voting he innocent not guilty
..just saying the sox new of the “allegations” .
If you do your research “hence Rosanne comeback” you will see the Warner corp. Doesn’t wamt drama.
Mr. Agent.
“Yes, I am a agent” agent of chaos maybe. Now I’ve read it all on here.
I have no idea why you don’t understand it when I stated that I am an agent? I am a Federal Agent.
There is “no” investigation just a reporter’s report. No proof. Just conjecture.
Per your words “we dont know squat…so why assume??”
So I’m asking you why you are assuming?
Hanley has not been arrested.
I’m an agent to and responding without legal advice haha….
Your words were “I’m an agent”.
Don’t come to me with you claiming agent.
An agent can be MLB agent or FEDERAL.
End result, if you are say who you are publicly then why are your.comments jeopardizing the investigation?
Good night.
I mistakenly thought I was having an intelligent conversation with a rational person.
Operating an X-ray machine for TSA doesn’t count as being an “agent”.
Cant even answer….deff. Not TSA…more like patrolling the local beaches.
Btw….its illegal to claim yourself as someone different.
But hey…not intelligent enough to know that.
“I am a Federal Agent” you just keep topping yourself.
My name is Bond…Sammy Bond..Agent doubl O?
Or a travel agent.
Agent Orange
He’s also been a general manager for the past eight years of his fantasy baseball league team.
007
Who says it was the police that told the reporter? Could have been the guy who was arrested that made it all public in this mannor.
The team may also be forced to say he was DFA’d for performance rather than an issue like this, least they open themselves up for a possible lawsuit
This is what happens when someone with the ethics of a 1970’s porn director takes over the most prestigious job in the world. Every time someone in the press says something negative about him he screams “FAKE NEWS”. Now when reporters from well established reputable outlets write a story there are people that question whether it is fake or not.
Think about it for a second George. Would this reporter go to school for years, start as an intern at a small paper, work their way up to the news desk, finally land a great job at a big paper or other news source, just to finally fulfill their life’s dream of one day saying that Hanley Ramirez could be part of a drug investigation?
This story will be forgotten in a month. If a reporter decided to make something like this up the truth would come out and his/her reputation would be in tatters. As well as the reputation of the paper that they work for. Everything they say from that day forward would be questioned and they would never regain the public’s trust again.
So, before you question someone whose entire life (no to mention their co-workers and bosses) rests on their ethics, ask yourself why would they do that?
Please stop listening to Fox News so much. If every customer from a car lot but one (and that one is the salesman’s mom) says your salesman was a liar and a crook, and the salesman tells you not to listen to them because they are all liars and out to get him, who would you believe?
I apologize for not talking about baseball or the topic of the article, but attacking the 1st Amendment must always be stopped dead in its tracks. We are living in a dangerous time, I fear the quote from Star Wars “So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause.” actually has a chance to come true. I could care less about politics. In my opinion they are all out for themselves. But, I love my country and the Constitution that gives me a reason to love it.
So much for all of the conspiracy lunatics that responded to this post on Friday and Saturday. LOL
It looks like George B got it right.
exactly if there’s an investigation the investigators most generally very quietly investigate, they are not going to release anu info that could get back to target who if they had any brains would destroy evidence
As I stated very clearly in the post, it is not clear yet at all that the timing lines up with his release.
Exactly but we have a federal agent on here telling us differ….which comprises a Federal Investigation without am indictment.
As a Red Sox fan all I can really say is: Not our problem any more.
Watch out cause we have a federal agent on here provide info for an investigation.
Yea it is. How many millions do they still owe him 10-11?
Your problem as long as you keep writing checks for that money owed.
Seems like yesterday he was traded to the dodgers. Now he’s released, probably done with baseball and now wrapped up in a federal and state drug investigation. Crazy
It was likely an ongoing investigation. Red Sox may have been tipped off. Most likely the guy arrested and his partners had been under investigation for awhile. The delay in the arrest papers most likely due to investigators trying to get him to name the big fish.
If Hanley involved Rico going to clean him out. Hope not but that facetime call doesnt bode well
Reminds me somewhat of Manny Alexander and the Bat Boy driving his car loaded with syringes (Manny didn’t play another MLB after the season for over 3 years) and Remys son selling steroids to another Red sox security staffer getting caught with steroids in his car (Manny Ramirez traded to Dodgers right after).
I assumed Hanley Ramirez would be picked up sometime after the all star break. Now, I don’t think he will. No team wants a remake of the Ron LeFlore’s “posse” in the clubhouse of the 1980 Montreal Expos..
Lots of peoples can’t read very well. The Red Sox DFA’d Hanley on March 25th. After waiting the week necessary, on March 30th unconditional release waivers were requested. On June 1st they were granted.
I guy in the car wasn’t arrested until June 6th, 12 days AFTER Hanley was DFA’d. How could that play in the Red Sox decision to release him? I’m sure the guy was arrested at the time of the stop when they found enough fentanyl to OD a few thousand people.
We don’t know when the investigation into this case actually began, but we can safely assume it was well before the traffic stop considering that stop was part of a joint operation between at least 3 law enforcement groups.
We also don’t know when Hanley’s name was first brought into it, and if his already having been under investigation prior was the entire reason they allowed the guy wanting to rat on Hanley to make the call.
All we know for sure is that a guy, after being stopped and at about the same time a search warrant was being enforced on his home, apparently was given the opportunity to be a cooperating witness and preceeded to give the authorities more evidence into their larger investigation.
So don’t act like everyone can’t read when in actuality, it looks as if you just didn’t stop to think things thru before running with your assumptions and condescension – as it stands, for all any of us know, Ramirez may have been under investigation for months and the police might have gone to the Red Sox about getting their help in the investigation before he was ever designated for assignment
Yeap, I’m sure the DEA agents would leak it to the Red Sox what they were doing before any arrests were made …..
seriously, stop making nonsense up
Who says they would be “leaking” anything, thats gibberish. Contacting the Red Sox to inquire about known associates seen frequenting the ballpark very well could have happened though. Or could have contacted them about surveillance footage or phone logs or who knows what. Shoot, could have even gone with a warrent. Its not like we are talking about 7-11 employees here who can’t be trusted to cooperate without instantly filling the suspect in on things.
This was a massive, joint operation sting too – not some random stop where they happened upon drugs and started allowing the suspect to start calling his friends. But the fact they did allow him to make the call indicates Hanley was a suspect well prior to the stop. And at that point, we have no idea just who they went to for evidence/help, or just how involved anyone else is/was
“But the fact they did allow him to make the call indicates Hanley was a suspect well prior to the stop”
Well that theory kinda fell apart now, didn’t it?
Y’all look like the fools you were … congrats
Learn to read
Clearly you cant read since the dates were may not march
Clearly the Red Sox took the high road knowing there was more than baseball reasons for his release.
That’s not true. He was dfa’d before this happened.
We don’t know that
We only know the reporter was told the joint task force allowed one arrested suspect to set up another suspect at a time after Hanley was already in limbo. We don’t know when he first became a person of interest, or who all the police had gone to in that investigation (including possibly asking for the Red Sox help) prior to them picking up the arrested suspect.
Like darkstar61 said, you have no idea when it happened. Cano was just recently suspended for PEDs and we all just found out about it, but the truth is, his positive test came during the offseason and Cano and others already knew about it.
High road? More like damage control and trying to back away from a bad situation that happened under their watch.
The Mets should pick him up. Why not? The team’s owners are criminal – literally, according to people I know who were professionally involved with the Madoff Ponzi scheme court proceedings. Met-aphorically, because they refuse to spend despite the fact that they still are absolutely loaded. Finally, they would lose in civil court if deGrom sued them for lack of support – not quite murder, but certainly torture, which is against the law.
So there’s no reason not to add a criminal who could possibly entertain the fans a little and then possibly do something bizarre that would distract them – me – from just how pathetic their team is..
Hanley could platoon at 1B for the Yankees too.
If I’m Adam Katz (Agent) and Hanley Ramirez I am initiating a lawsuit for defamation of character.
It’s clear Michelle McPhee has damaged Hanley Ramirez’s employment potential with this report.
Some would say why would she do this without proof?
So, I’m asking to see the proof ! Let’s see it !
A reporter has freedom of speech, as we all do, but when you slander another and cause financial injury you are subject to a lawsuit if you can’t provide the “proof”.
It’s disgraceful some accept reporting without proof and chalk it up to freedom of speech and then object to someone stating show the proof or be sued.
A very valid point. There is every possibility that rumors of such a nature swirling around Ramirez would be enough for Boston, who, like every other team, are all about money and projecting a false morality – players who beat their wives come back and are welcome – to let him go.
Was anything in the McPhee report inaccurate?
Some readers may have jumped to inaccurate conclusions.
Hanley Ramirez’s name reportedly came up in an arrest and law enforcement in due diligence followed up on that lead. The follow-up apparently has resulted in Ramirez being cleared.
Carry on.
Obviously the entire report was inaccurate and the news media jumped to the inaccurate conclusions it did when the headline was “Hanley Ramirez being investigated by Federal and State authorities”.
So you think it’s OK for a reporter to slander a person without the facts?
That’s what happened here.
And if you read all of the idiotic comments this triggered you’ll understand that this kind of inaccurate reporting “must” have consequences for the perpetrators. Look at the idiotic comments like the Red Sox knew and that’s why they dumped him. The police are in conspiracy with the Red Sox feeding them privileged information or that the police would tell a reporter they were investigating someone so they could destroy evidence.
Will anyone ever take an article by Michelle McPhee seriously again?.
Some of yall JUMPED to some conclusions
People have no reading comprehension anymore, it sucks.
So much for all of the conspiracy lunatics that responded to this post on Friday and Saturday. LOL
It looks like the Federal Agent George B got it right.
If I’m Hanley I sue Michelle McPhee for this fiasco
I must say I really got a good laugh re-reading some of the idiots that responded to George B and now look like total clowns.
“It looks like the Federal Agent George B got it right.”
Since you are attempting to credential yourself, could you be a little more specific. What sort of “federal agent” are you? FBI, Treasury, ICE, Fish and Wildlife? While anyone can be anything on the internets at least choose which sort of federal agent you’re claiming to be. I may have some follow up questions on point.
“ . . . I got a good laugh re-reading some of those idiots that responded to George B and now look like total clowns.”
And this bizarre victory dance of yours, how do you think it makes you look.
I didn’t see your post “amongst the idiots and clowns”.
Why are you making yourself one now?
Pardon me? I saw some guy making the ridiculous claim that he is a “federal agent”, whatever that is, and you doing a victory dance for some reason. Didn’t participate in this thread the first go round.
“Why are you making yourself one now?”
You answer mine first, why did you stop beating your wife?
You appear to be taking this issue a bit personally for some reason. But I’m not a mind reader.
There’s and old saying.
“Better to appear a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”.
Congratulation, you have just made yourself a fool by removing all doubt.
Haven’t “made” myself anything, sphincter. You’ve obviously got a bug up your butt over something here. Still not clear what it is but that’s not important. To be continued.
Suing a journalist for reporting a story? Uh, that’s like some Soviet stuff. I do think MLBTR should take the story down simply because I assume lots of people read headlines without digging any deeper.
I think it would be more harmful to make it disappear than to keep the full context here, including the amply hedged initial treatment of this report.
Not sure of how the timing of all this went, so your comment may have reflected concern with the headline. I think the current version is appropriate.
It’s laughable reading all the responses to this article from a few days ago. People just couldn’t resist making it into a conspiracy theory
The bad thing is that there will be a lot of people that remember the original story, but not the correction. His name will be unfairly tainted forever now.
Just the same as players who never tested positive for PEDs still get lumped in with those who did because their names were mentioned in the same sentence. I’m not sure how much interest there was in signing Ramirez this month, but you can bet this episode – no matter how fraudulent – will cause some teams to think twice. The good news is you’re not under investigation. The bad news is you’re not under contract either.
If you don’t think the inner circle of the league knows all about which guys are clubhouse cancers and which guys get that extra bump in the exercise you’re very naive.
So pleased to be absolved he jumped on the next thing smoking headed to the DR instead of sitting by the phone hoping the Dodgers come calling.
I’m happy it was false. I was going some low life mentioned his name to take the heat off him. I did read the guy did a face time call to Hanley. But I am so happy this is the way it ends, I like Hanley, n wish he was still with them. This is a lesson for me not to make a decision before knowing all the facts. We all tend to have them guilty till proven innocent….not good.
If you have arrived at that logic then I would say you have become a fairer and more descent person and I am happy for you.
No wonder why people do not trust the media anymore. This so called reporter could’ve done the same digging the other two did to get the truth. But she didn’t so I hope Ramirez sues her into oblivion
People ‘read’ news and they still don’t understand or comprehend it. People look at covers of magazine and then they ‘think’ they understand it. What a joke and a farce some of the ‘media’ have become with their fake & unreliable ‘news’ and ‘reporting’.
The latest report from 2 reporters who work for the Red Sox who own the Globe is behind a paywall. Does she quote any law enforcement officials? Headline says Federal. How about State?
Also, investigators dont always confirm who they are investigating. Plus the earlier report claimed the friend told the cops a box in the car was owned by Hanley and that box contained drugs.
I am not taking sides but I am not sure we know enough on either side to say whats up here. I do find it puzzling nobody has signed Hanley although that may be his choice.
I also was surprised at the timing of the release. He was crushing LHPers even when in his slump that started after being HBP, and he was one of their best clutch hitters. Certainly Moreland should have been playing more and Hanley might be unhappy, but thats what managers are paid to do, which is manage your players. Releasing players because you think he may be unhappy and not deal with it well is just not believable. Try it first.
Man everybody just jumps to conclusions. The media is all about being first instead of being right. You all judge as well. Shame!