The Los Angeles Occasions has revealed a video of the Sept. 3, 2023 home violence incident that prompted the Dodgers to chop ties with pitcher Julio Urías.
The video exhibits Urías strolling, then operating in pursuit of two ladies exterior BMO stadium, the place Urías was watching an LAFC recreation along with his spouse on the evening of the incident. Then, whereas being bodily restrained by a person in road garments, Urías throws a left-handed hook within the course of the 2 ladies.
The 72-second video was offered to The Occasions by the California Freeway Patrol, which investigated the incident.
In Could, Urías was sentenced to 36 months of abstract probation and was required to finish 30 days of neighborhood labor. He hasn’t pitched for the reason that Dodgers positioned him on the restricted listing final September.
The Occasions’ Invoice Shaikin reported that the faces of most individuals within the video (together with Urías’ spouse) had been blurred in compliance with California privateness rights, in line with CHP.
The CHP report lists Urías and his spouse as the one two “concerned events.”
MLB positioned Urías on administrative go away within the wake of the incident. The 28-year-old pitcher stays a free agent. If he intends to return to the league, he’s more likely to be the primary participant ever disciplined twice beneath the phrases of baseball’s joint home violence coverage.
In keeping with a league spokesperson quoted anonymously within the Occasions’ report, “MLB is constant to assemble all of the related proof” in its investigation.
Urias pitched 158 video games from 2016-23, all with the Dodgers. He went 60-25 within the common season and helped the Dodgers win the 2020 World Collection, recording the ultimate out within the ninth inning of Sport 6 to beat the Tampa Bay Rays. The left-hander led the Nationwide League in wins (20) in 2021 and earned-run common (2.16) in 2022.
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