‘I’m glad they got caught’: Major leaguers react to penalties in Biogenesis drug scandal

Jim Leyland was just a minute into his pregame interview when the first — and only — question about Jhonny Peralta was asked.

That was it. Detroit’s crusty manager booted all the reporters out of his office, saying they’d been told he wouldn’t talk about losing his All-Star shortstop to a 50-game suspension Monday.

But while Leyland was determined to keep his thoughts to himself, other major leaguers had plenty to say after 13 penalties in the Biogenesis drug scandal were finally handed down.