Matt Sosnick, the agent for Hanshin Tigers ace Randy Messenger, says both he and his client are very disappointed in the way the Tigers handled the right-hander's demotion to ni-gun earlier this week.
In a telephone conversation with The Japan Times Thursday morning, Sosnick said Messenger was among the last to know he'd been sent down, and strongly feels the pitcher should've been informed before the media.
"He found out on Mother's Day in the United States (May 11 in Japan)," Sosnick said." His wife, and his mother in the States, and his agent, all found out over an hour before Randy did. "Because the team leaked it to the press before they even told Randy that he was being sent down.