Dodgers Pitcher Julio Urías Placed on Indefinite Administrative Leave

Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urías has been placed on administrative leave “until further notice” as Major League Baseball investigates allegations of domestic violence against him, a league spokesman announced Wednesday. Urías was arrested on Sept. 3 on a felony charge of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and has not pitched since. He also reportedly did not travel with the team for its series in Miami this week.

A Dodgers spokesman declined to comment. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman called the arrest “extremely disappointing” and manager Dave Roberts called it “extremely unfortunate.”

Urías, 27, has been arrested twice on domestic violence charges in the past four-plus years and was previously issued a 20-game suspension in connection with the first incident.

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