Player suing White Sox...

[Lip Man 1]

Said it was the COVID shot that ruined his career:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/02/09/white-sox-covid-19-lawsuit-vaccine

[southsider2k5]

This thread will almost certainly be locked. 

[ptatc]

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Said it was the COVID shot that ruined his career:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/02/09/white-sox-covid-19-lawsuit-vaccine

Its always possible. People have negative reactions to various vaccines. However, it will be difficult to prove a, the vaccine did cause it, b, the team forced him to get it, c, the negative reaction was an anomaly from the norm

[WhiteSox2023]

22 minutes ago, ptatc said:

Its always possible. People have negative reactions to various vaccines. However, it will be difficult to prove a, the vaccine did cause it, b, the team forced him to get it, c, the negative reaction was an anomaly from the norm

This is what I was wondering.  How can he prove it impacted him negatively?  Also, what would the motivation be for the Sox to pressure a fringe prospect into getting it?

Edited 3 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[Quin]

I kinda hope the Sox use his prospect ranking against him because I immediately went "who?"

[ptatc]

38 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

This is what I was wondering.  How can he prove it impacted him negatively?  Also, what would the motivation be for the Sox to pressure a fringe prospect into getting it?

Even if it did impact him negatively, its not negligence. Sometimes people have negative reactions and there is no way to predict it.

[Jake]

11 minutes ago, ptatc said:

Even if it did impact him negatively, its not negligence. Sometimes people have negative reactions and there is no way to predict it.

From the wording in the article, I wonder if his claim is focused on the Sox not giving him adequate treatment for his bad reaction moreso than making him get the shot in the first place. Not sure how plausible it is that quicker treatment or whatever would have any long-term impact on his recovery from the reaction.

[ptatc]

5 minutes ago, Jake said:

From the wording in the article, I wonder if his claim is focused on the Sox not giving him adequate treatment for his bad reaction moreso than making him get the shot in the first place. Not sure how plausible it is that quicker treatment or whatever would have any long-term impact on his recovery from the reaction.

That would be possible. It sounded to me like the claim was they pushed him into getting them.