Texas Rangers Prospects In Hot Water For 'Forced Masturbation' Hazing Of Underage Teammate
(Yahoo Sports) — Eight Texas Rangers prospects were questioned by police in the Dominican Republic after a video showed a group of players sexually assaulting an underage teammate in a hazing incident that targeted players new to the team’s Dominican complex, sources familiar with the case told Yahoo Sports.
While prosecutors in the Dominican Republic have yet to press charges for the alleged assault, they told the court they intend to charge at least four players who held down a teammate and masturbated him, sources told Yahoo Sports.
Among those expected to be charged are the younger brother of Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor, also named Rougned, and Yohel Pozo, a top catching prospect, both 19 years old. The players facing potential charges have been told not to leave the country, according to sources.
Video of the alleged assault, which took place toward the end of October, was captured and posted on Snapchat, according to sources. A 10-second clip of video, obtained by Yahoo Sports, shows the alleged victim in a Rangers shirt and Rangers shorts laying on a bed with his arms held behind his back and his legs pinned down. At least four men are seen in addition to the alleged victim, whose penis is exposed, grabbed and maneuvered underneath a hand towel. All of the men in the video, including the alleged victim, are seen laughing.
The alleged assault was one of a number of hazing incidents of Venezuelan and Colombian players, some of whom were younger than 18, according to sources. More tenured players shaved the head of at least one new player and forced at least one other to take his clothes off, and sources said police are investigating at least one more allegation of forced masturbation.
Wait, WHAT?! Rougned Odor’s brother’s name is Rougned Odor?? That’s insane. I don’t know which part is crazier, the fact that his parents went down the list of every name on the planet and settled on Rougned (pronounced Roog-ned), or the fact that they liked the name Rougned so much that they doubled up on the name Rougned. Bananas.
Second part of the story, what the fuck ever happened to buzzing heads and bleaching hair and shit? Now we’ve gotta hogtie our teammates and jerk them off? Call me old fashioned, but a shitty haircut can really bring a team together. Also, the end of this story basically infers that this kind of hazing is fairly common in Venezuelan and Colombian baseball circles. Really? That’s news to me. I’m assuming that’s why the alleged victim in the story was laughing during the incident, because it’s just a regular thing that happens? No idea. All I know is that’s not how the Saugus High baseball team banded together. We did normal things, like drink beer in the woods on weekends, punch each other in the dicks, and listen to the Backstreet Boys on the bus before games. Guy stuff.