Major League Baseball could suspend Mets closer Jeurys Familia as early as Tuesday for an alleged domestic violence incident last October, report Kristie Ackert and Christian Red of the New York Daily News. The Mets are only expecting the league to ban Familia for approximately 15 games, per Ackert and Red, who note that the 27-year-old’s wife, Bianca Rivas, has said during MLB’s investigation that he didn’t hit her. Familia was alleged to have caused bodily injury to Rivas, which led to an arrest on a charge of simple assault. That charge was dropped and expunged from Familia’s record in December, though, after Rivas told a New Jersey judge she wasn’t interested in pursuing the case.
More from the East Coast:
- The Yankees informed right-hander Adam Warren on Tuesday that he’s no longer in the running for the final two spots in their rotation, writes Randy Miller of NJ.com. That’s not particularly surprising, as Warren always seemed like a long shot on account of his vast experience as a reliever. He’ll once again take on a bullpen role this year, while two of Luis Severino, Bryan Mitchell, Chad Green and Jordan Montgomery will fill out the Yankees’ starting five.
- The Marlins will open the season without a left-handed reliever, having optioned Hunter Cervenka to the minors on Tuesday, per Tim Healey of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. They also sent Justin Nicolino down, thus clinching the fifth spot in the rotation for Adam Conley. Although Conley looked like a shoo-in for a starting job at the outset of spring training, his struggles combined with Nicolino’s effectiveness nearly produced an unexpected outcome. “[Optioning Nicolino] was probably our toughest decision. He pitched really well in spring,” manager Don Mattingly said. “I shouldn’t say surprised because we know it’s there, but coming into camp I kind of looked at him as an outside chance, really, and he’s really opened a lot of eyes and a lot of conversation about who that fifth guy should be.”
- It doesn’t appear the left oblique strain Mets outfielder Juan Lagares suffered Saturday is anything serious. Lagares underwent an MRI on Tuesday, and while results aren’t yet known, he told ESPN Deportes’ Marly Rivera that he’s “almost 100 percent” (via Ackert). Of course, if Lagares is OK, he seems likely to start the year as the Mets’ fourth outfielder, which could lead to a demotion to the minors for Michael Conforto.
- The Orioles hope to re-sign outfielder Michael Bourn and infielder Chris Johnson, tweets Brittany Ghiroli of MLB.com. Baltimore released the pair Monday (Bourn exercised his opt-out clause) after neither cracked its big league roster.
- The Nationals released veteran reliever Matt Albers on Monday, but he could return to the organization on a minors deal if he’s unable to land a major league contract elsewhere, a source told FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal (Twitter link).
Mets fan are dodging a big lose if his suspension is really only 15 games
Wow that’s a joke if he only gets 15 games compared to what other players have gotten.
Must be something in their investigation that shows it’s warranted to be only 15.
Agreed. MLB is not just going to randomly cut Familia & the Mets a break. There must be significant factual differences between this case and Reyes/Chapman. It’d be silly for MLB to risk being compared to the NFL as non-serious about domestic violence. It’d be terrible PR for no reason.
Actually, a clarification is in order with regards to Familia. The alleged charges weren’t just dropped, they were expunged. This basically means that the judge decided that there was never any reason for the charges to be brought forth at all. Unlike the charges being dropped for a lack of evidence, where the charges can be brought back at any time, should new evidence arise, the expungement means that in the eyes of the law, the alleged incident never took place. Based on these facts, the idea that he should even be suspended at all is a fallacy.
He was arrested though, so either somebody isn’t telling the whole truth or an officer messed up big time. If it’s the latter is agree but it’d look bad on the MLB if he weren’t suspended after being arrested
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An arrest doesn’t mean he’s guilty. That’s for the courts to decide.
Well, I don’t think we can jump to the conclusion that he must have done something just because he was arrested. I’d imagine cops are sometimes in situations where the prudent thing to do is to arrest someone in a tense situation or situation of conflict, and just let them go once the situation is diffused. Perhaps not ideal, but might be a method of avoiding something bad happening. But it means we can’t assume guilt from arrest.
I agree. Right or wrong, it looks bad on MLB if they do nothing.
“so either somebody isn’t telling the whole truth”
VERY common in domestic abuse incidents
“or an officer messed up big time.”
Not likely. Police Officers have almost no choice in this litigious society. If there is even an inkling of abuse the arrest is made. If details are unclear, or signs of struggle on both parties, they arrest both. It is the only way to ensure action is being taken. It is in no way their opinion that abuse happened, the facts sustain something unwitnessed by others happened that resulted in physical trauma to one or both parties. The courts decide who is at fault.
Waiting for the Tom Brady sycophant to emerge with true shock that Familia is only getting x number of days.
Thanks. That’s now noted above.
Using that theory mr met, then why was Chapman suspended since he was never arrested?
Cmon that’s silly! He deserves at minimum a 30 plus games suspension.
Chapman isn’t exactly a great comparison considering his suspension was also built around his response to said domestic issue was to grab a gun and unload on a wall.
The point is Chapman deserved suspension and familia deserves similar suspension of at least 30 games!
Sadly after a beating many women want to drop any charges and move on with their man as if nothing happened. Either she beat herself up and made a false report to police or he assaulted her. People who beat their wives have no place in MLB imo. I wish he and the others who have done the same would get at least a 3240 game suspension regardless of whether there is a criminal conviction.
That’s the point. When a player beats a spouse who reports it, the spouse should face charges herself if she decides to reverse the charge or get amnesia because the player offers continued sugar daddy status to clam up.
Calm should know better.
Have you seen photos? Were there physical injuries that SOMEONE must have done, to make you think that the only two possibilities are abuse or self-injury? Otherwise, there are many possible scenarios that could have ended in an arrest.
cops arrived to find a battered victim with a bruised cheek and a scratched face. The victim’s wounds were visible to the naked eye in the early hours of Halloween, cops said.
It will be interesting to see who ends up as the Yankee starters this season. Green has done well and has pitched well and has a good fastball, but he lacks deception, in Severino he has the best fastball, but his other pitches are below average, in Mitchell he has the best curve, and in Montgomery you have an over the top lefty with a lot of deception who is not on the 40 man roster. All these guys will get a chance to start this year, the ones that start the season might not be the one;s that finish as starter. All have been successful at AAA, so it’s just a matter of if they can take the next step. It looks like Severino and Mitchell might get the first shot, with Montgomery as a sleeper.
Servino is going to get demoted again, he has the stuff but needs to relax. You just can’t say I throw you a fastball down the pipe and hope you don’t hit it. Mitchell may get it but he’s looks average at times. Montgomery may like you say be a sleeper and could jump to the rotation and green may get the other spot.
You might be right but Severino was dominant in his last appearance in relief, and so was Montgomery. Green hasn’t pitched as much lately as the others that;s why i think he’s going to the minors. The Yanks could rotate these guys like they do with the relief pitchers. This would give the other teams in the East a differnt look each time they face them. If one of these guys looks great then they stay in the rotation.
You’re wrong. Severino will probably be the 4th or 5th starter. Besides Montgomery, the other kids haven’t done that great either this spring.
Will Montgomery not being on the 40 have anything to do with it? They’d have to release someone (Refsnyder?) plus if they put Montgomery in AAA for the first month they’d delay his service clock. Perhaps they put him in AAA then bring him up to relieve and swap him and Severino when Montgomery get stretched out?
Except he didn’t hit her. For all we know she attacked him and he got her off of him. She supposedly had a scratch on her stomach
I’m glad that you gave us a first hand report swaim. It sounds like you were an eye witness. NOT
She was beat up. Did you see the photos? So what is your conspiracy theory? She beat herself up?
Classic case of day after regrets. Like the day after the realization is that if she doesn’t undo the official story then her life is forever changed, she’s out on the street and talking busses because the keys to the Porsche were also taken away.
It is no surprise a millionaire escapes punishment from the US legal system. It is designed to work that way. I am shocked the Judge didn’t ask for his autograph on the way out of court. Murica! Home of the free! If you have the bank account!
Marlins situation is part poor luck, part poor roster construction. They were really counting on Jeff Locke, but piece of insider information: his injury is more serious then has been reported and he’s strongly considering season ending surgery.