Benjamin Gilcoach of the Mexican baseball team, explained this Thursday that so far the pitcher Julio Uríaswho is awaiting a decision from Major League Baseball on a possible sanction for a domestic violence incident, is ruled out for the Premier 12.
“What I can say is that I wish you the best of luck, that you rectify what happened and the issues that you need to correct in your life, but I understand that you cannot participate in the selection“, responded the manager to EFE in a press conference.
Urías, 28 years old, was placed on administrative leave the last month of the 2023 Major League season, when he belonged to the Dodgers, after being arrested outside the stadium of the Los Angeles FC soccer club for allegedly attacking his wife.
From that moment became a free agent and has never played a game in professional baseball again.
Last week, the Los Angeles Times published a video of Urías’ probable attack on his partner, in which the pitcher is seen pushing her against a fence and pulling her by the hair or shoulders.
After that, Urías was arrested, he was charged with a minor charge, he had a punishment of 36 months probation, 30 days community service and must receive domestic violence counseling for one year.
If the Major Leagues If he is given another punishment, he would be the first player in the history of the championship to be suspended twice for violating the domestic violence and sexual assault policy.
In 2019, Urías was later arrested for an event at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, in which witnesses said he pushed his now wife, who he said tripped.
That time no charges were filed, but the Mexican entered a domestic violence treatment program and the Big Ten punished him for 20 games.
Urías represented Mexico in the 2023 World Classicwhen he was the star pitcher of the rotation and the captain of Gil’s team that achieved a historic third place.
Gil, World Series champion in 2002 as a player, will lead Mexico in the first round of the Premier 12, which the 12 best teams in the world will play in the Mexican cities of Guadalajara and Tepic, next November.
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