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Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias arrested on felony charge of corporal injury on a spouse

Los Angeles Dodgers' Julio Urias plays against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game, Aug. 26, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Los Angeles Dodgers' Julio Urias plays against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game, Aug. 26, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias was arrested on a felony charge of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Urias did not travel with the Dodgers to Miami, where they open a three-game series against the Marlins on Tuesday night. He was scheduled to make his next start Thursday.

Urias was arrested late Sunday night by Department of Public Safety officers in Exposition Park, south of downtown Los Angeles. The park is home to BMO Stadium, where Lionel Messi was playing in a Major League Soccer game with numerous celebrities in attendance.

LASD Deputy Maria Lucero confirmed the felony charge. DPS has yet to release details of the arrest. Other than acknowledging "an incident involving Julio Urias," the Dodgers have declined to comment.

Urias posted US$50,000 bail and was released early Monday morning, according to sheriff's department booking records. He is due in court Sept. 27.

Major League Baseball intends to investigate.

The 27-year-old Mexican-born pitcher was arrested in May 2019 for domestic battery. Urias was suspended 20 games by MLB, but he wasn't prosecuted by the Los Angeles city attorney on the condition he complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling program. No player has been suspended twice under MLB's joint domestic violence policy since it was established in 2015.

Urias would be the second star player on a contending team probed by MLB in recent weeks after Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was put on administrative leave while authorities in the Dominican Republic investigated him for an alleged relationship with a minor.

Urias is 11-8 with a 4.60 ERA in 21 starts this season and is set to become a free agent after the World Series. He is pitching on a US$14.25 million, one-year contract in his final season of salary arbitration eligibility.

Urias helped the Dodgers win the World Series during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, going 4-0 with a 1.17 ERA in 23 postseason innings. He earned the save in the clinching Game 6 against Tampa Bay.

The left-hander led the majors in wins in 2021, when he was 20-3 with a 2.96 ERA. He finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting last year after going 17-7 with an NL-best 2.16 ERA.

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