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MLB investigating after Julio Urias’ arrest on felony cost of corporal harm on a partner

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball has opened an investigation into Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías after he was arrested Sunday on a felony cost of corporal harm on a partner or cohabitant.

Deputy Maria Lucero, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman, confirmed the felony cost Tuesday.

Urías didn’t journey with the Dodgers to Miami, the place they open a three-game collection in opposition to the Marlins on Tuesday evening. He was scheduled to make his subsequent begin Thursday.



“For us, now it’s day to day,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned earlier than the sport. “I don’t want to get too far ahead of things. As time’s gone on with certain things, you learn that simplifying, day to day, is the best way to handle it.”

Urías was arrested late Sunday evening by Department of Public Safety officers in Exposition Park, south of downtown Los Angeles. The park is residence to BMO Stadium, the place Lionel Messi was taking part in in a Major League Soccer sport with quite a few celebrities in attendance.

DPS has but to launch particulars of the arrest. Other than acknowledging “an incident involving Julio Urías,” the Dodgers have declined to remark.

Urías posted $50,000 bail and was launched early Monday morning, in line with sheriff’s division reserving data. He is due in courtroom Sept. 27.

The 27-year-old Mexican-born pitcher was arrested in May 2019 for home battery. Urías was suspended 20 video games by MLB, however he wasn’t prosecuted by the Los Angeles metropolis lawyer on the situation he full a 52-week home violence counseling program. No participant has been suspended twice beneath MLB’s joint home violence coverage because it was established in 2015.

“I haven’t addressed the team,” Roberts mentioned. “I think everyone is aware of it. I think everyone feels the same way I do as far as a very unfortunate circumstance. I don’t think anyone knows all that has gone on and went on. I think our guys are just focused on today and let things play out.”

Urías is the second star participant on a contending workforce investigated by MLB in current weeks after Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative depart whereas authorities within the Dominican Republic investigated him for an alleged relationship with a minor.

Urías is 11-8 with a 4.60 ERA in 21 begins this season and is about to change into a free agent after the World Series. He is pitching on a $14.25 million, one-year contract in his last season of wage arbitration eligibility.

Urías helped the Dodgers win the World Series through the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, going 4-0 with a 1.17 ERA in 23 postseason innings. He earned the save within the clinching Game 6 in opposition to Tampa Bay.

The left-hander led the majors in wins in 2021, when he was 20-3 with a 2.96 ERA. He completed third in NL Cy Young Award voting final yr after going 17-7 with an NL-best 2.16 ERA.

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