I can only speak for myself, but I wasn't saying that he was in violation of his contract. I had read too that DM already said he wasn't. I was just saying that getting injured playing pick-up basketball during the first week of ST isn't the brightest thing to do. He has all off season to play basketball. I know that he could get hurt then too, but if it were a somewhat minor injury such as this he would hopefully have plenty of time to recover as opposed to getting hurt once ST had already begun. For a guy that seems to hate any and all things that distract him from what he loves doing the most, playing baseball, I can't imagine he is real happy with himself. Melvin also said that had this happened in a men's league as opposed to a "pick-up" game and the injury had been more severe there would have been repercussions: From jsonline blog- I just spoke with Brewers general manager Doug Melvin about the manner in which right-hander Zack Greinke suffered a cracked rib, which will put him on the DL to start the season. Melvin said Greinke did not violate his contract by playing a game of pick-up basketball, which is how he was injured near the start of camp. "The contract stipulates against playing 'competitive' basketball," said Melvin. "They don't want you playing in men's leagues or things like that. If he had suffered a severe injury playing in a men's league, there probably would be repercussions with his salary.