Julio Urias Faces End of MLB Career

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias faces a potential end to his MLB career following a domestic violence incident on September 3, 2023. Video footage shows Urias assaulting his wife outside BMO Stadium after an LAFC game, an act that led to his arrest and subsequent no-contest plea to misdemeanor domestic battery. He received 36 months of probation, community labor, and mandatory counseling. This was not his first offense, as Urias had previously faced a 20-game suspension in 2019 for a similar incident. MLB has placed him on administrative leave, and a decision on further suspension is pending. Urias remains a free agent and may become the first player to be suspended twice under MLB's domestic violence policy.