Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was suspended through the All-Star break for a second violation of MLB’s policy against domestic violence and sexual assault.
Under the discipline, announced Friday by commissioner Rob Manfred, Urías will be reinstated July 17 and be eligible to sign with any team.
Urías is the first player suspended twice under the policy, which was adopted in 2015. Urías was suspended for 20 games in 2019.
The latest suspension does not cover a particular number of games, as teams do not play a uniform number of games before the break. The Dodgers, for instance, are scheduled to play 95 games before the break.
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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 levied under the policy.
Bauer is the only player who has contested such a suspension.
The 28-year-old Urías, a native of Mexico, is a free agent and would be eligible to sign with a team in the Mexican League, even as he remains on the restricted list in MLB.
Players suspended under the policy often issue a statement through the players union. Urias chose not to do so.
MLB said Urías agreed to evaluation by a policy board overseen by the league and the 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.”
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