I don't blame him or anyone else for opting out, you had to expect some guys would, and he's always been especially enigmatic and never came off as a super reliable team guy indoctrinated into that whole tribal baseball culture, so he was at the top of my list of likely dropout candidates. The Mets probably did set out to embarrass him with their initial and subsequent announcements, but IMO, were punishing him primarily for resisting the tribe, less so for not communicating, and even less than that for being concerned about corona. They could have pretended he was not feeling well until they knew the deal. BVW definitely implied Ces had $$ concerns and that wouldn't surprise me, but it's all irrelevant now. I think it might be interesting if our play continues at this terrible pace or some guys cannot right themselves (Porcello or whomever) might consider the corona bail as the season goes on.