Julio Urias
Suspended By MLB
… Violated Home Violence Coverage
Printed
Former Dodgers star Julio Urias has simply been suspended for roughly half the 2025 season … after the MLB introduced the pitcher violated its home violence coverage.
Commissioner Rob Manfred revealed the punishment on Wednesday … almost two years after Urias was accused of roughing up his spouse exterior of BMO Stadium in Los Angeles following an LAFC vs. Inter Miami matchup.
“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,” the commish mentioned in an announcement.
“Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urías violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate.”
Urias — who sat out all the 2024 season — shall be allowed to be reinstated from the restricted listing on July 17, Manfred mentioned.
Urias was in the end hit with 5 misdemeanor costs stemming from the September 2023 incident together with his spouse. He went on to plead no contest to at least one depend of misdemeanor home battery in Might 2024 … and the opposite 4 costs he was going through have been dropped.
Weeks after the case closed, video of the alleged altercation together with his spouse was launched — and it is disturbing.
Urias joined the Dodgers’ big-league roster in 2016 — and went on to assist them win a World Collection in 2020. He grew to become a free agent after the ’23 season, and has but to throw one other pitch in The Present.
