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Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Dodgers pitcher Urias suspended over domestic violence case
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias will be suspended from baseball until July after violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, the league said on Friday. The 28-year-old Mexican left-hander has not played professionally since being placed on administrative leave in September 2023 following his second arrest on domestic violence allegations. Urias, whose eight seasons at the Dodgers included throwing the final out in the team's 2020 World Series victory, was released by the team at the end of the 2023 season. He has been a free agent since being cut from the Dodgers, but has not been picked up by any team. The league said Friday Urias's suspension would run through July 17, 2025. After that date he will be free to sign for a club. "The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball has completed its investigation into allegations that free agent pitcher Julio Urías violated Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement on Friday. "Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urías violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate." rcw/dj
Reuters
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Free agent LHP Julio Urias suspended by MLB
March 21 - Former Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias has been suspended through the 2025 All-Star break for his second violation of MLB's policy against domestic violence, league commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday. Urias, 28, hasn't pitched in the majors in more than 18 months. The suspension stems from an incident outside of BMO Stadium in Los Angeles following an MLS game Sept. 3, 2023, in which Urias and his wife were involved a physical altercation. In May of 2024, Urias pleaded no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery charges related to that incident, per Los Angeles Superior Court records. He was placed on probation for 36 months and was required to complete 30 hours of community service, participate in a domestic violence counseling program and honor the victim's protective order. "The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball has completed its investigation into allegations that free agent pitcher Julio Urias violated Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy," Manfred said in a statement. 'Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urias violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate." Urias is the first player to be suspended twice under MLB's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy which was created in 2015. After a separate incident in 2019, he was suspended 20 games under the policy. He was not criminally charged in that incident. Urias was placed on administrative leave by the Dodgers following the September 2023 incident and became a free agent when his contract expired at the end of that season. Urias' latest suspension will be officially lifted on July 17, at which point he would be eligible to sign with any MLB team. A native of Mexico, Urias is able to sign with any team in the Mexican League given his free agent status. Urias was 11-8 with a 4.60 ERA in 21 starts in 2023 before his season came to an end. His ERA was more than double his National League-leading 2.16 mark in 2022. In eight major league seasons, Urias is 60-25 with a 3.11 ERA in 158 appearances (122 starts). He recorded the last out of the 2020 World Series.
USA Today
21-03-2025
- USA Today
Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías suspended under MLB domestic violence policy
Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías suspended under MLB domestic violence policy Julio Urías, the former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher who waylaid his career with a pair of domestic-violence incidents, has been suspended through the 2025 All-Star break, Major League Baseball announced Friday. Urías, 28, last pitched in the major leagues on Sept. 1, 2023. Two days later, he attacked his wife in the parking lot of a professional soccer game in Los Angeles and charged with five misdemeanors the following April. He eventually pleaded no contest to the charges in May 2024 and was placed on three years' probation and agreed to complete 30 days of community labor and a one-year domestic violence course, according to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. Urías was also ordered not to possess any weapons or use force and violence, pay restitution to the victim and abide by a protective order. MLB announced then that it was still investigating the incident, which was captured on video. Urías was placed on administrative leave in September 2023 and became a free agent after the season. By the time his suspension is served, most major league teams will have played up to 98 games this season. This is Urías's second suspension under MLB's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy, the first player to be disciplined on multiple occasions under the policy. He served a 20-game ban in 2019 after he was arrested on suspension of domestic battery after an incident in a mall parking structure. He was not prosecuted by the city attorney on the condition he complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling program. "Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urías violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate," commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Friday. Urías signed with the Dodgers as a 16-year-old out of Mexico and made his major league debut at 19 in 2016. He recorded the final seven outs of their World Series championship in 2020, and won 21 games in 2021 and 17 more in 2022. The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
MLB suspends Julio Urías for second violation of policy against domestic violence
Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was suspended through the All-Star break this season for a second violation of the league's policy against domestic violence and sexual assault. Under the discipline, announced Friday by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, Urías will be reinstated on July 17. As of that date, he would be eligible to sign with any major league team. Urías is the first player suspended twice under the policy, which was adopted in 2015. This suspension does not cover a particular number of games, as teams do not play a uniform number of games before the All-Star break. The Dodgers, for instance, are scheduled to play 95 games before the break. Read more: Tokyo takeaways: Dodgers relish experience, expect Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts back soon However, of the 18 players suspended under the policy, only three have been suspended for more than 95 games. Pitcher Trevor Bauer, a teammate of Urías with the Dodgers, was suspended 324 games by Manfred. An arbitrator later reduced the suspension to 194 games, still the longest ever levied under the policy. Bauer is the only player that has contested such a suspension. Urías, a native of Mexico, is a free agent and not under contract to a major league team. As such, Urías would be eligible to sign with a team in the Mexican League, even as he remains on the restricted list in MLB. In its statement, MLB said Urías had agreed to evaluation by a policy board overseen by the league and the players' union and to comply with any recommended treatment plan. MLB also said it would 'continue to make support services available to Urías and his family.' Said Manfred in the statement: 'The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball has completed its investigation into allegations that free agent pitcher Julio Urías violated Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urías violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate.' Read more: Witness video in former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías' domestic battery case released Urías, 28, was arrested outside BMO Stadium on Sept. 3, 2023, following an LAFC game. Eight months later, Urías pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of domestic battery. Witness video provided to the California Highway Patrol and obtained by the Los Angeles Times last September shows Urías charging after his wife, pulling her aside and shoving her up against a fence. After the two were separated, the video shows Urías swinging at her with his left hand. The MLB investigation was delayed in part because the existence of the video was reported shortly after the incident, but league officials had not seen it until The Times published it. Urías was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence, but the Los Angeles County district attorney's office determined that 'neither the victim's injuries nor the defendant's criminal history justify a felony filing.' The city attorney's office subsequently filed five misdemeanor charges against Urías. He pleaded no contest to one, the other four were dropped, and he agreed to enter a yearlong domestic violence treatment program. He also agreed to complete a similar program in 2019, when he was arrested after an incident in the Beverly Center parking lot. Witnesses said he pushed his now-wife, she said she fell, and no charges were filed. Under its policy, the league can suspend a player even if no charges are filed. Urías was suspended for 20 games. At that time, Urías issued a statement that read in part: 'Although the authorities determined no charges of any kind were warranted, I accept full responsibility for what I believe was my inappropriate conduct during the incident. 'Even in this instance where there was no injury or history of violence, I understand and agree that Major League players should be held to a higher standard. I hold myself to a higher standard as well.' Read more: Jackie Robinson's Army story restored to Defense Department site after removal in DEI purge Urías was placed on administrative leave for the final month of the 2023 season, after which his contract with the Dodgers expired and he became a free agent. He has not pitched since then. Bauer, a former Cy Young award winner, has been a free agent since January 2023, following the arbitrator's ruling. No major league team has signed him. He pitched in Japan in 2023 and in Mexico in 2024, and he has signed to return to Japan this year. Urías recorded the final out of the Dodgers' World Series championship in 2020. He led the National League in victories (20) in 2021 and earned-run average (2.16) in 2022. Sign up for more Dodgers news with Dodgers Dugout. Delivered at the start of each series. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Fox News
14-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Congressman says MLB is ousting Trevor Bauer due to Trump support, in letter to Rob Manfred
Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO) wrote a letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, stating his belief that Trevor Bauer has been ostracized from the league due to his support for Trump. Bauer was suspended for 324 games in 2021 for violating MLB's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. His suspension was reduced to 194 (representing the time he missed in 2021 while on administrative leave and the entire 2022 season), but he was still released by the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2023 season began. As a result, he played professionally in Japan in 2023 and in Mexico in 2024. The majority of Bauer's legal issues are behind him, and has maintained his innocence, settling with one accuser while another is facing 16 years in prison after being charged with fraud following the faking of a pregnancy and asking Bauer for money for an abortion. However, it has been almost four full years since Bauer last took an MLB mound, and Burlison is taking MLB to task as to why. "Mr. Bauer was suspended for 324 games; the longest non-lifetime suspension in the history of the league, despite the fact that the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined to pursue criminal charges against him, citing insufficient evidence. . . ." Burlison wrote. "Given that no legal action was taken against Mr. Bauer, I am concerned his absence may be tied to certain political statements he made that diverged from prevailing league orthodoxy, as well as statements he made that were critical of MLB and particularly you. Specifically, in 2016, Mr. Bauer publicly expressed positive views about then-candidate Donald J. Trump, including comments on social media praising Trump's campaign rhetoric and outsider status. Additionally, Mr. Bauer, in responding to a social media post, noted his belief that disrespecting fellow human beings should not be tolerated, which was taken as an opposition to MLB's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. And lastly, Mr. Bauer made a number of remarks prior to his suspension critical of MLB and specifically you, ranging from expanded playoffs, the marketing of MLB players, to the then refusal of MLB to investigate pitchers using sticky substances. . . . "Given the timing and severity of Mr. Bauer's suspension, it is reasonable to question whether MLB's actions were influenced more by his political stances and criticisms of [Manfred] and MLB than by the allegations against him, which have since been undermined by judicial review and evidentiary shortcomings." Bauer, who once said that he "may have no other choice" but to sue the league for his ouster, told Fox News Digital in a sit-down interview last year that he had never done anything "criminally" but still had to look in the mirror and work on himself after the allegations. "Anyone that's willing to sit down with me and listen: I'd like to play the second half of my career in a better way than I played the first half," Bauer told Fox News Digital. "I'd like to be an example that you can make mistakes, recognize them, adjust and then be better in the future. I think that's something us as humans have to do and should be doing constantly." In a combined 28 starts in the COVID-shortened 2020 season and his abbreviated 2021 campaign, his ERA was a minuscule 2.24, and he struck out 11.8 batters per nine innings with a 0.92 WHIP. He was named the 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner. Bauer and Lindsey Hill, who accused the pitcher of beating and sexually abusing her in 2021, settled their case late last year. Bauer revealed texts from Hill, who had said that Bauer would be her "next victim," among other damning messages. Hill has since said that MLB has more evidence of Bauer's alleged misconduct. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
