By Kike Frias
04 Oct 2023, 1:53 PM EDT
The Mexican pitcher Julio Uríaswhich is in the middle of a complex judicial process for domestic violence, He will not return for the remainder of the year (post-season) with the LA Dodgers in the Major Leaguesconfirmed team manager Dave Roberts.
‘Culichi’, who is the best arm in the Dodgers’ rotation and who seemed headed to sign a new contract with the franchise, threw everything away when on September 3 He was involved in a situation of domestic violence against his partner Daisy Pérez.
It has been a nightmare for Urías after this incident, for which he was arrested and had to pay a fine of $50,000 dollars to get out of prison. He was subsequently suspended by the Dodgers and placed on administrative leave for violating the MLB’s Joint Policy on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse, in his case the first baseball player to be sanctioned for the second time (2019).
The loss of the pitcher has been sensitive for the Dodgers, qualified for the post-season and favorites to reach the World Series.
Manager Dave Roberts, in an interview for the podcast The Show of the New York Times He confirmed that he has not heard anything about Julio Urías since he was separated and that he is not expecting him for the next phase of the Major Leagues.
“We have not heard or heard from him. Obviously He is not going to pitch with us again this year. (…) it was a hard blow for everyone but it is as they say, you have to move forward because we have work to do,” he detailed in the conversation.
Roberts and Urías have shared eight years in the Dodgers, something that the strategist highlighted, also showing sadness for the entire situation in which the 27-year-old pitcher is involved.
“It is a very unfortunate situation. When you spend eight years with a player or a person, you get to know them and care about them. I have no idea what will happen in the future, it is sad,” he indicated.
In January 2024 Julio Urías will be a free agent after the end of his contract with the Los Angeles franchise and his outlook is dark.
Your case is delayed since in the first instance it is still There is no formal accusation against him and he did not appear at what would be the first hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Last September 28 Ricardo López-Juárez, reporter for The opinionattended the court building where Urías’ appointment was, so he was able to confirm that the Mexican pitcher did not appear before the judges’ lunch break.
Confusion and little information have so far prevented us from having a clear view of the facts; However, López Juárez managed to find out that The star pitcher of the Dodgers does not have an accusation against him and that the case is not settled in court, as revealed to him by a sheriff and a media representative who works at the scene.
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