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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Ur\u00edas was suspended through the All-Star break by Major League Baseball on Friday under its domestic violence policy with the players\u2019 association.<\/p>\n
Ur\u00edas had pleaded no contest last May to one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. The penalty was the second for Ur\u00edas under the policy following a 20-game suspension in 2019. MLB said he will be reinstated from the restricted list on July 17 and as a free agent can sign with any team.<\/p>\n
A 28-year-old left-hander, Ur\u00edas has not pitched since Sept. 1, 2023.<\/p>\n
He was arrested two days later outside BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, where he had attended a Major League Soccer game on Sept. 3 involving Inter Miami and Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n
The Department of Public Safety said it was contacted by someone, whose name was not publicly identified, regarding a physical altercation between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n
Ur\u00edas initially was given a felony charge of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, and he was placed on administrative leave by MLB that Sept. 6.<\/p>\n
Ur\u00edas pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor domestic battery the following May 1 as four other misdemeanor charges were dropped.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles City Attorney\u2019s office spokesman Ivor Pine said Ur\u00edas was placed on 36 months of summary probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community labor.<\/p>\n
Ur\u00edas must also complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling course, pay a domestic violence fund fee, not possess any weapons, not use any force or violence, pay restitution to the victim and abide by a protective order.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Ur\u00edas violated our policy and that discipline is appropriate,\u201d baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n MLB said Ur\u00edas agreed to be evaluated by the joint policy board established by MLB and the players\u2019 association and to comply with any of its recommendations.<\/p>\n Ur\u00edas\u2019 agent, Scott Boras, said the pitcher was not making any statement.<\/p>\n Ur\u00edas became a free agent after the 2023 World Series when his $4.7 million, one-year contract expired.<\/p>\n Ur\u00edas was also arrested in May 2019 on suspicion of domestic battery. While he was suspended by MLB, he wasn\u2019t prosecuted by the LA city attorney on the condition he complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling program.<\/p>\n Over eight major league seasons, all with the Dodgers, Ur\u00edas is 60-25 with a 3.11 ERA. He led the National League with a 2.16 ERA in 2022 and was a member of the team that won the 2020 World Series, going 4-0 with a save and a 1.17 ERA in six postseason appearances.<\/p>\n Ur\u00edas became the first player suspended under the domestic violence policy since New York Yankees pitcher Jimmy Cordero on July 5, 2023. Cordero missed the final 73 games of the season, spent last season with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan\u2019s Pacific League and has signed with Mexico\u2019s Toros de Tijuana for this season.<\/p>\n Others penalized under the domestic violence policy include Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman and pitcher Domingo Germ\u00e1n, Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, Toronto pitcher Roberto Osuna, Colorado shortstop Jos\u00e9 Reyes and Atlanta outfielder Hector Olivera.<\/p>\n Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco remains on the restricted list and hasn\u2019t played since Aug. 12, 2023, but has not been disciplined by MLB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Ur\u00edas was suspended through the All-Star break by Major League Baseball on Friday under its domestic violence… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n