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MLB suspends Blue Jays reliever Roberto Osuna 75 games
Watch as John Gibbons of the Toronto Blue Jays gives his input on the Roberto Osuna suspension. Gibbons and team expected the length of the suspension and will move on accordingly.
Major League Baseball has suspended Toronto Blue Jays reliever Roberto Osuna 75 games, as his assault charge continues to work its way through the court system.
The unpaid suspension is retroactive to May 8, when Osuna was first charged.
Commissioner Manfred announced today that @BlueJays pitcher Roberto Osuna has accepted a suspension without pay through 8/4/18 for violating the Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The unpaid suspension is retroactive to 5/8/18 and covers 75 games. pic.twitter.com/NettIJlCjw
Osuna is next scheduled to appear in a Toronto court on July 9. Osuna’s lawyer, Domenic Basile, says his client intends on pleading “not guilty” to the “simple assault,” charge levied against him.
Under his release terms, Osuna was ordered to not communicate with the woman he allegedly assaulted, to stay 100 metres away from his condo in Toronto, to not buy, possess or consume alcohol and to not possess any weapons.
Outside the court this week, Osuna's lawyer said he believed MLB would wait until end of criminal proceedings to issue discipline. That MLB didn't means league investigators gathered enough evidence that court ruling wouldn't have impacted commissioner's decision.
The 23-year-old Osuna was put on paid administrative leave by MLB on May 8 and has seen it extended all the way to June 25.
MLB doesn’t need to wait for a conviction to deem a violation of the joint MLB-MLBPA Domestic Violence Policy has occurred. Jose Reyes (51 games), Aroldis Chapman (30 games), Jeurys Familia (15 games) and Steven Wright (15 games) were all suspended without a conviction.
