Sources: MLB puts Urías on administrative leave
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Jeff Passan, ESPN
Major League Baseball placed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias on administrative leave Wednesday, three days after police arrested the left-hander on suspicion of felony domestic violence, sources told ESPN.
Urías, 27, did not travel with the Dodgers after his late-Sunday arrest outside BMO Stadium, where he had watched the Inter Miami-LAFC soccer game. He was taken into custody on charges of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, which can be filed as a felony or misdemeanor.
MLB can unilaterally place a player on administrative leave — during which he is paid but removed from a team’s roster — for seven days under the joint domestic-violence policy. Administrative leave can be renewed but requires approval of the MLB Players Association.
Urías also was on administrative leave in 2019 following an arrest for alleged domestic battery. While he wasn’t charged, Urías was required to complete a year-long domestic-violence-counseling program, and MLB suspended him 20 games. No player has been suspended twice under the league’s policy, which was instituted in 2015.
MLB has opened an investigation into Sunday’s incident, when Urías was arrested and spent about five hours in custody before being released on $50,000 bail. In a statement acknowledging the arrest, the Dodgers said: “While we attempt to learn all the facts, he will not be traveling with the team.”
Urías entered 2023 as the Dodgers’ ace, coming off a season in which he led the National League with a 2.16 ERA and finished third in NL Cy Young voting. A free agent this winter, Urías was expected to receive a contract in excess of $200 million but struggled this season, going 11-8 with a 4.60 ERA and allowing a career-high 24 home runs in just 117.1 innings.
ATLANTA — Braves rookie right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver has a torn UCL in his pitching elbow, the team said Friday.
Smith-Shawver left Thursday’s 5-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in a doubleheader opener and said he felt a “pop.” The 22-year-old was initially placed on the 15-day injured list before being moved to the 60-day IL on Friday.
“(His evaluation) showed a tear on his imaging,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said before Atlanta opened a three-game series against Boston. “He’ll consult with the physicians or doctors and they’ll decide what the next step is.”
Snitker said he didn’t know if Smith-Shawver would need Tommy John surgery.
On Thursday, Smith-Shawver appeared to say “pop” toward Snitker after a third-inning pitch to Trea Turner. He gave up a go-ahead, two-run homer to Rafael Marchán, then took a 96.6 mph line drive off his right ankle on a a ball hit by Bryson Stott with one out.
Smith-Shawver threw a warmup pitch and stayed in the game, then left after wincing while allowing a flyout to Turner on the fourth pitch of the at-bat.
Smith-Shawver is 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in nine starts and 44 1/3 innings, striking out 42 and walking 21.
“It’s tough for all (young pitchers) when it happens,” Snitker said. “Especially where he was, feeling good about himself and throwing good.”
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