There is still much we don’t know about Domingo Germán’s 81-game suspension under MLB and the MLBPA’s domestic violence policy. Without a police report or any other publicly released details, fans are left to determine the severity of the allegations through the context of the length of his suspension, as issued by MLB based on the terms of their internal investigation. Germán’s suspension is the fourth-longest issued under the policy, enacted in 2015, and the longest among cases in which there was not a police report filed.



When Germán returns to the mound in early June after completing the 63 games he has left to serve in 2020, fans may still know very little about why he was suspended for half of a major-league season.



It might be confusing, unsatisfying or plain worrying not to know the details of what is said to have happened between Germán and his girlfriend after a charity gala last September. Fans who do not...