The San Francisco Giants have ruled out any possibility of bringing back suspended outfielder Melky Cabrera for any game this postseason. The news was confirmed to Cabrera's agent.
The announcement was made by Manager Bruce Bochy prior to the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday.
"We have decided not to send Melky on a rehab assignment because we do not intend to add him to any playoff roster," Mochy is quoted as saying by the Associated Press. "We had to make this decision early because Melky would have to start rehabbing in Arizona.
"We have decided to develop our roster from our current group of players. They've done a terrific job during the critical part of the season. We have informed Melky's agent and they understand.
"I just like the way this club has played down the stretch and moved on. So we're going to move forward without Melky."
Bochy further added that the Giants will be going into the best-of-five divisional series with the current roster.
In a statement through his reps, an obviously dejected Cabrera said: "While I am disappointed that I won't have the chance to join my team in the playoffs, I wish my teammates the best in the postseason and I'll be rooting hard for them to bring another world championship to San Francisco!"
Cabrera had been suspended on 15 August after he tested positive for testosterone.
Tim Lincecum, the Giants pitcher is happy that the decision came early avoiding last minute speculations, which would have caused a lot of distraction to the players. "I'm not saying that he's not somebody that when he's doing what he's doing that we could use," he said.
"I'm not saying we wouldn't appreciate the addition, but we've got something good right now. I'm not sure, but that would probably bring some controversy with it as well.''
While in a phone interview, Wage Boggs commented: "I'm glad that he stood up and said that he didn't deserve it, number one, because he cheated to get to that point. I would have thought Major League Baseball would have stepped in before that and sort of disqualified him on that fact.
"But he's a stand-up guy, and as far as (public relations) concerns, it's was pretty good for his corner, for him to do something like that."
Cabrera is set to become a free agent when the season ends.
Gregor Blanco, the outfielder appeared a little sympathetic toward Cabrera. He said he had spoken with Cabrera this week, but not about business. As a teammate and friend he still he still supported Cabrera. He further added: "That's their decision. We can't do anything about it. As a group, we've done a great job, and we have to continue to do it. We can't think about Melky."
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