Content material warning: This story contains descriptions of alleged home violence.
The Los Angeles Occasions obtained video on Wednesday of the home violence incident that led to former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher final 12 months.
in Could after his arrest final September. He was positioned on 36 months of abstract probation and was required to finish each 30 days of group labor and a 52-week home violence counseling course, amongst different issues.
, whereas he was attending an LAFC recreation at BMO Stadium close to downtown Los Angeles. Within the video launched by the Occasions on Wednesday, Urías is seen charging at his spouse, who was strolling forward of him, after which slamming her right into a fence exterior of the stadium.
A number of different folks rushed in to attempt to pull Urías off of his spouse, however then he’s seen swinging at her whereas swearing and screaming in Spanish. He’s ultimately pulled off and brought away by safety. The video traces up with the preliminary incident report, which mentioned Urías “pushed the sufferer towards a fence and pulled her by the hair or shoulders.”
The video, per the report, was shot by an nameless witness and had not been launched beforehand. It was supplied to the Occasions by the California Freeway Patrol, which is the company that investigated the incident.
Each Urías’ agent and the Main League Baseball Gamers Affiliation declined to remark to the Occasions. Main League Baseball continues to be investigating.
Urías was arrested on suspicion of felony home violence on the time, however the county later declined to file felony expenses. A number of different expenses have been dismissed because of his no contest plea earlier this 12 months.
Days after his arrest, MLB positioned Urías on administrative go away and the Dodgers shortly cleaned out his locker. He has not performed since, and he’s nonetheless a free agent.
His arrest final 12 months was the second home violence incident he’s had since coming into the league. He was suspended for 20 video games in 2019 after he allegedly pushed a girl to the bottom within the car parking zone. He was not charged criminally in that incident.
If Urías is suspended once more, he could be the primary participant in league historical past to be suspended a number of instances underneath MLB’s home violence coverage, which was put in place in 2015. He could be the fourth participant suspended underneath the coverage as a free agent, too, and that suspension would comply with him to his subsequent staff.
It’s unclear if or when MLB will hand down its ruling within the investigation.
“MLB is continuous to assemble all of the related proof in our investigation,” a league spokesperson advised the Occasions on Wednesday.
Urías held a 4.60 ERA with the Dodgers in additional than 117 on the mound in 2023, which marked his worst output since 2017. The 28-year-old helped lead the Dodgers to a World Sequence win in 2020 and he held the perfect ERA within the NL in 2022. He was on tempo for a nine-figure contract.
