In 2019, Julio Urias was suspended for 20 games by MLB. For what? Because he violated Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
Already the pitcher had a hold against him, he obviously did not learn from his mistakes. For what?
Because Jeff Passan reports that the pitcher was arrested and charged with domestic violence late last night. That’s what the LAPD told him.
Urias obtained his release this morning against a sum of $50,000.
If that’s true, Urias is a fool who doesn’t learn from his mistakes. He doesn’t deserve to pitch in MLB again and he needs to go to jail fast and long term. As simple as that.
In the short term, I expect to see him go down the restricted roster path or an administrative leave from MLB. His season is probably over.
And since he will be a free agent in a few months, we can think that after two such charges, no one will want to sign him. He will therefore not sign a contract worth more than $100 million this winter.
When my colleague Sébastien Berrouard wrote, in February, that Urias was perhaps in his last season in Los Angeles, he did not know how right he was.
He is the second non-Dodgers pitcher to have such a run-in with the law in a few seasons. Trevor Bauer has also been in trouble… and today he is launching in Japan.
With Wander Franco (Rays) also in trouble right now, MLB looks bad. And social networks being what they are, it gives this:
The big free agent that nobody was talking about is therefore being talked about for the wrong reasons at the moment. He clearly didn’t want that, but if it’s true, that’s all he deserves.
For the Dodgers, who just lost Tony Gonsolin until (probably) 2025, it’s a huge loss. The rotation is seriously affected in a big classification race against the Braves.
Yes, Walker Buehler could come back from his Tommy John, who started pitching in the minors, but he won’t be ready to pitch like a true playoff starter.
Right now, besides JD Martinez, all of the Dodgers’ injured/absentees are pitchers. And let’s say there are a lot of them. Very much.
- Walker Buehler (60 days)
- Tony Gonsolin (60 days)
- Yency Almonte (15 days)
- Joe Kelly (15 days)
- Michael Grove (15 days)
- Blake Treinen (60 days)
- Tyler Cyr (60 days)
- Alex Reyes (60 days)
- Daniel Hudson (60 days)
- JP Feyereisen (60 days)
- Jimmy Nelson (60 days)
- Julio Urias (coming soon)
There are still good relievers, but the rotation of Clayton Kershaw, Lance Lynn, Bobby Miller and Ryan Yarbrough is pretty thin right now.
And as Urias launched on September 1, it takes someone in its place this week.
Shohei Ohtani has to blame himself for having an arm injury because the clubs would have wanted him as a starting pitcher. It’s even more true for a few minutes with the Dodgers.
Clearly, the Dodgers are in short-term trouble. But the most important thing is still to make sure that Urias’ wife is safe and away from her dangerous husband.
- No Brandon Belt this afternoon.
- Young people are progressing quickly in New York.
