This is a lovely story at mlb.com about a Japanese player who had a fine season in Akron last year, and who shows every sign of being able to make it to the big leagues.
Why is he in Cleveland? Because the “off-field distractions” the story refers to include (at the least) his past history as an actor in a some gay porn films, which dropped his price considerably.
Tadano says he’s straight and just did it for the money and I suppose I don’t really care, unless he’s gay and is just saying he’s straight because of the money. And even then I don’t really care.
But if I’m handicapping anyone’s chances of getting over in the big leagues, former gay porn actors rank really low. Call it the foxhole syndrome, call it stupid, but the day that Victor Martinez discovers the difference between a Top and a Bottom is the day that Tadano gets dealt to the Dodgers.