Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was positioned on probation for 3 years and ordered to enter a home violence remedy program after pleading no contest to a cost of misdemeanor home battery towards his spouse.
The left-handed pitcher from Sinaloa, Mexico, nicknamed “El Culichi,” closed out the 2020 World Collection by putting out Tampa Bay Rays slugger Willy Adames, giving the Dodgers their first championship since 1988.
However in September 2023, the 27-year-old Urías was arrested exterior BMO Stadium after an LAFC recreation. An individual alerted police {that a} man and a girl had been concerned in a bodily altercation, in response to a report from the Exposition Park Division of Public Security.
Cops approached Urías and the lady — later recognized as his spouse, Daisy — and “decided a bodily altercation had occurred,” the report mentioned. Urías was taken into custody and launched the subsequent morning on $50,000 bail.
He was charged with 5 misdemeanors: one rely of spousal battery, two counts of home battery involving a courting relationship, one rely of false imprisonment and one rely of assault.
On Wednesday, Urías pleaded no contest to 1 rely of home battery and the opposite 4 expenses had been dismissed, in response to courtroom data.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court docket decide ordered Urías to enroll in and pay for a yearlong home violence remedy program and attend all his counseling periods. As an alternative of jail time, Urías was positioned on three years of probation and forbidden throughout that point to own, use or personal any harmful weapons. He was additionally ordered to not use or threaten violence towards anybody throughout that point.
Urías signed with the Dodgers in 2012 and made his main league debut in 2016. However in 2019, Urias was suspended 20 video games after being arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor home violence, however was not charged .
Following his arrest, Urías spent the remainder of final season — which started together with his first profession opening day begin for the Dodgers — on administrative go away earlier than his contract expired in early November. He stays a free agent, with a profession file of 60 wins and 25 losses in 158 appearances.
An investigation by Main League Baseball of the misdemeanor allegations towards Urías stays open, in response to an MLB spokesperson,
with no timeline on when will probably be accomplished. Sometimes, MLB investigators interview gamers accused of violating the league’s coverage towards home violence, the spokesperson mentioned. It’s not clear if MLB investigators have spoken to Urías.
