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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Scott Boras reveals Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias' MLB career plan
The post Scott Boras reveals Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias' MLB career plan appeared first on ClutchPoints. Julio Urias has not pitched in a Major League Baseball game since 2023. The former Los Angeles Dodgers starter was a key piece of the team that won a World Series under Dave Roberts in 2020. Urias was suspended for violating the league's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Policy. Now that his sentence is over, his agent, Scot Boras, hinted at a return. Urias struggled in 2024, but is just two seasons removed from one of his best seasons as a pro. At 28 years old, the starter still has a big chunk of his career ahead of him. While there are some teams that will be concerned about the hit their reputation could take if they sign him, Boras is not concerned. He told Los Angeles Times reporter Bill Shaiken that the pitcher is ready. '(Urias) still has every intention to continue his career,' Boras said. 'He's getting in shape. Obviously, he'll have options that are open to him.' While it is unlikely that Roberts and the Dodgers will want Urias back, there are plenty of teams that could try to add him. Starting pitching is at a premium in this year's MLB trade market. Because of that, bidding wars could break out around the league. Theoretically, Urias presents teams with a cheap, risky option for the remainder of the season. When he is at his best, Urias was a borderline All-Star. Despite Boras' declaration, there are questions about whether or not he is MLB-ready. However, there are teams that could be desperate enough to take a chance on him, even if it is only for a few months. Los Angeles has all the pitching it needs to contend, robbing Urias of his most likely landing spot. While Roberts might not be leaning towards bringing him back, other managers will kick the tires. However, a player coming back from suspension causes concern for the team they join. Boras and Urias hope that one team can look past it and give him a chance. Related: Why Carlos Rodon is Yankees' X-factor for 2025 World Series run Related: 1 Fatal flaw Los Angeles Dodgers must address before 2025 MLB trade deadline
Daily Mail
7 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Ex-Dodgers star Julio Urias plans MLB return two years after domestic violence arrest at MLS game in LA
Julio Urias, the disgraced former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher who pleaded no contest to a domestic battery charge last year, wants to continue his baseball career, agent Scott Boras told the Los Angeles Times. '[Urias] still has every intention to continue his career,' Boras said at Tuesday's All-Star game in Atlanta. 'He's getting in shape. Obviously, he'll have options that are open to him.' The LA Times is reporting several teams have inquired about the 28-year-old southpaw who won a World Series title in 2020 before leading the National League in victories in 2021 and earned-run average (ERA) in 2022. Although Boras did not address the issue specifically, Urias' no-contest plea to a domestic violence charge in 2024 could be used to prevent him from returning to an MLB team due to immigration issues. The incident took place at a 2023 MLS game between Lionel Messi 's Inter Miami and LAFC, where Urias was seen angrily running after his wife and shoving her face into a fence. Along with Harry Windsor, the Duke of Sussex and a British royal, Urias was one of many celebrities in attendance that night. Urias faced five misdemeanor charges after posting $50,000 bail, four of which were dropped. He also pleaded no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery in May of 2024. The native of the Mexican state of Sinaloa was sentenced to 36 months of probation and 30 days of community service. He was also required to complete a 52-week domestic violence counselling course – the second of his tenure in Los Angeles. He was previously arrested for domestic battery in LA back in May of 2019 and was also required to take the domestic violence counselling course. Urias has been a free agent since October after spending the first eight years of his career with the Dodgers, who first signed him as a 16-year-old playing for Mexico's Diablos Rojos. He made his rookie debut in 2016, and although he was suspended in 2019 after his first domestic violence charge, Urias established himself as one of the more dominant left-handed pitchers in baseball. In 2022, for instance, he led the majors in ERA+, which measures a pitchers earned runs allowed while adjusting for ballpark factors and league averages. The statistic helps to compare pitchers across different teams, leagues and eras.
Newsweek
15-07-2025
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- Newsweek
Suspended Dodgers MVP Candidate Has Comeback Interest From 'Multiple Teams': Report
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Los Angeles Dodgers have several arms on the mend as they look toward the second half of the season, but one former pitcher preparing for a return is in a different category. Julio Urias, who pitched for the Dodgers for eight years before Major League Baseball suspended him for a second time for violating its domestic violence and sexual assault policy, is preparing to continue his career when he is removed from the restricted list this week. "He still has every intention to continue his career," Urias' agent Scott Boras said, according to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. "He's getting in shape. Obviously, he'll have options that are open to him." Urias was one of the most effective pitchers in baseball during his career with the Dodgers, which included a 31-start, 2.16 ERA campaign three years ago that earned him votes for the National League's Most Valuable Player Award as well as a third-place finish for the Cy Young Award. PHOENIX, ARIZONA - AUGUST 08: Starting pitcher Julio Urias #7 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after pitching out of the sixth inning of the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on... PHOENIX, ARIZONA - AUGUST 08: Starting pitcher Julio Urias #7 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after pitching out of the sixth inning of the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on August 08, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by) More Petersen/Getty But the controversy associated with Urias after his second suspension and the fact that he hasn't pitched in a major league game for two years could stand in the way of a return. In any case, teams are at least checking in on him, per Shaikin. "It is believed that multiple teams have checked in on Urias, but it is uncertain whether a deal would be struck and, if so, (how) he might be able to help a major league team," Shaikin wrote. Urias recorded the final out in the Dodgers' World Series championship five years ago and his former team has a clear need for some pitching reinforcement. But, given his issues off the field, it seems unlikely that he'll fund a reunion with his old team. More MLB: Alex Bregman Breaks Silence on Signing New Red Sox Contract
Yahoo
21-03-2025
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Former Dodgers pitcher Urias suspended over domestic violence case
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias will be suspended from baseball until July after violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, the league said on Friday. The 28-year-old Mexican left-hander has not played professionally since being placed on administrative leave in September 2023 following his second arrest on domestic violence allegations. Urias, whose eight seasons at the Dodgers included throwing the final out in the team's 2020 World Series victory, was released by the team at the end of the 2023 season. He has been a free agent since being cut from the Dodgers, but has not been picked up by any team. The league said Friday Urias's suspension would run through July 17, 2025. After that date he will be free to sign for a club. "The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball has completed its investigation into allegations that free agent pitcher Julio Urías violated Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement on Friday. "Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urías violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate." rcw/dj
Forbes
21-03-2025
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- Forbes
MLB Suspends Julio Urias, First To Violate Violence Policy Twice
The baseball career of former Dodgers star Julio Urias will be curtailed if not terminated by his suspension for alleged domestic violence. The left-handed pitcher, who won 20 games in 2021 and posted a league-best 2.16 earned run average a year later, has been suspended through the 2025 All-Star break by Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred after an intensive investigation. The game will be played in Atlanta's Truist Park on July 15. He will be reinstated on July 17 but will then need to find a team willing to take a chance and work his way back into playing condition – a process that could take at least a month. Finding a new home could be impossible for Urias, the first man suspended twice under Major League Baseball's domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse policy. But he won't turn 29 until August and left-handed pitchers often seem to have an advantage over their right-handed counterparts – simply because southpaws are fewer in number. Primarily a starter during his eight years in the majors, Urias is remembered for his white-rimmed glasses and single-digit uniform (No. 7 with Los Angeles). He is 60-25 during the regular season and 8-3 in post-season play. The 6-foot, 220-pound Mexican broke into the big leagues in 2016 and has been used mainly as a starting pitcher since. 'Having reviewed all of the available evidence,' Manfred said in a statement issued by the Office of the Commissioner, 'I have concluded that Mr. Urias violated our policy and that discipline is appropriate.' The pitcher was arrested and charged with felony domestic violence in September 2023 after an altercation outside BMO Stadium in Los Angeles after a major-league soccer game. Civilian video obtained by the police appeared to show Urias in a physical altercation with a woman. Booked and released on a $50,000 bond, he was placed on administrative leave by the Dodgers and then became a free agent after that season. In December, the Los Angeles Police Department referred their findings to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office to determine whether charges should be filed. Although no felony charges were filed, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office later charged Urias with five misdemeanors: spousal battery, two counts of domestic battery involving a dating relationship, one county of false imprisonment, and one count of assault. The pitcher pleaded no contest to one domestic battery charge but the others were dropped as a condition of his plea. The L.A. City Attorney's office said Urias would serve 36 months on probation, perform 30 days of community service, complete a year-long domestic violence counseling program, pay a fee to a domestic violence fund, pay the victim restitution and abide by an order of protection. He was aksi barred from possessing any weapons. His latest troubles followed a 2019 arrest for allegedly shoving a female companion to the ground. The Los Angeles City Attorney did not prosecute on the condition that Urías complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling program, among other criteria. He did receive a 20-game suspension, however, under MLB's authority to punish players allegedly implicated in domestic or sexual violence even if law enforcement declines or defers charges. That authority was authorized under a joint agreement with the MLB Players Association. If Urias does not resume his pitching career, his potential financial losses will be staggering. The Dodgers paid him $14,250,000 under the one-year contract he signed in 2023. It could be his last.
