What went wrong for free agent Julio Urías? The domestic violence case that derailed his MLB career

Julio Urías, once considered to be a promising young player in the MLB, has his entire career in limbo after he was suspended through the end of the 2025 All-Star break back in March 2025. Julio Urías had shown the world his talent and had proved his worth on the field, despite having a massive injury to his left eye in 2015. While Julio Urías has been sentenced to 36 months of probation, here is everything that the star player was accused of.Back in 2023, Julio Urías had attended a LAFC soccer match, but things quickly went downhill after an eyewitness accused the star player of assaulting a woman outside the stadium.Julio Urías was immediately arrested by the authorities on suspiscion of felony domestic violence. Three days later, the MLB placed Julio Urías on administrative leave and since then, the free agent has not played a professional game in the league.Later, Julio Urías was charged by the Los Angeles City Attorney with 5 misdemeanour counts including assault, spousal battery, two counts of domestic battery and one for false imprisonment.At this point in time, Julio Urías is serving 36 months of probation, has to complete 52 weeks of counseling course on domestic abuse and 30 days of community service.In March 2025, Julio Urías was promptly removed from the 2025 All-Star break for violating MLB’s policies related to the incident.Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement on Julio Urías’ situation in the league and said, “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. Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Urías violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate.” In early 2023, before all the mess, Julio Urías had signed a pretty expensive deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal was worth a whopping $14.25 million for a year.Also Read: “He has said some stuff publicly”: MLB insider Jeff Passan breaks down why the Washington Nationals might have fired Dave Martinez and Mike Rizzo