The Pittsburgh Pirates, despite all their claims about how many people they talked to before signing Domingo Germán, which supposedly included league sources, other teams, Germán’s family, and of course Germán himself, are not equipped to help him.
Only he can do that, and he’s not off to a great start. One that drags up painful memories to those close to someone affected by substance abuse.
There is now also reason to doubt how thorough they actually were.
Germán has a well-documented history of alcohol abuse. Yet in an interview with NJ advanced media conducted through a team interpreter, he insisted he does not have a problem with alcohol and also admitted to still drinking.