Dominican right-handed Luis Severino, of the New York Yankees, spoke on Monday about the comments of the current former president of the Seattle Mariners Kevin Mather that all baseball players must be bilingual and this is how he replied to the former manager:
I mean I wish everyone would, but moving to a new country is not easy. “
This reaction was due to what was spilled last night by the former CEO, also former executive director of the Mariners, who was taken off the ship this afternoon. Mather said the next night before:
The most troubling comments concerned how star prospectus Julio Rodriguez and former Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma reportedly struggled or struggled to speak English, with Mather complaining about the cost of paying a Japanese interpreter for Iwakuma. Rodriguez has already responded to Mather’s comments with a few targeted tweets.
While Mather Rodriguez, Iwakuma and other players praised repeatedly during the speech, his overall Seattle roster breakdown took up more than a few awkward moments. For example, Mather constantly referred to catcher Luis Torrens as “Luis Torres”.
So good for Sevy (Severino), who has also struggled to learn English since 2012 when he entered the Yankees Minor Leagues, although he went to the US until 2013.