Giants Stars Detail How Disgruntled MLB Players Harass Players originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
The recent surge in sports betting has had an adverse effect on many Giants players, with some detailing the malicious messages they receive from disgruntled players after their bets don’t pay off.
During exclusive interview with USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, relief pitcher Tyler Rogers revealed that he had to change his Venmo settings to private due to fans requesting money after a bad outing, resulting in a lost bet.
“I had to make my Venmo private because it would ruin a game or something, and people would find me on Venmo and send me requests,” Rogers told Nightengale. me back.’
Rogers isn’t the only San Francisco player who has had to deal with a flood of Venmo requests from outraged players like third baseman Matt Chapman shared that he has dealt with similar harassment.
“This [gambling] It definitely makes people a lot more upset than they were before,” Chapman told Nightengale. “Fans used to say normal things like ‘You’re a bum.’ Now that they have all this money with us, the fans are going to talk a lot [expletive] for us. I’ll even have Venmo fans asking me for money. I had to change my Venmo.”
Logan Webb is in his sixth MLB season and the ace of the Giants has certainly noticed an increase in the criticism it receives from fans upset over lost bets since its 2019 debut.
“People are really passionate about teams and now that you add money to it, it’s bigger than ever,” Webb told Nightengale. “My freshman year, there wasn’t much gaming going on. It was just, ‘Oh, you suck. You shouldn’t be on the team. Just things like that.
“Now, you’re understanding, ‘You just cost me money.’ They say some [messed] above [expletive]. I get a lot of that with eliminations. ‘Hey, I made money off you for eliminations. Will you get it right? I always look up and say, ‘Probably not.’ There are times when it gets very serious.”
Hopefully, with more players speaking out about their experiences, this type of harassment can be curbed in the future.
