NEW YORK – Major League Baseball on Friday imposed a 2021 season suspension on pitcher Sam Dyson on Friday as part of the league and players’ union policy on domestic violence.
The 32-year-old agent last played in 2019 for the San Francisco Giants and Minnesota Twins.
MLB launched the Dyson investigation in 2019 after a woman posted two long messages on social networks accusing a person she did not identify of domestic violence. However, the woman will later reveal to the Athletic sports portal that Dyson physically assaulted her.
Athletic reported that the woman provided photos of bruises on her arms that she claimed were caused by Dyson. He also claimed that Dyson harmed her cat.
“My office has completed its investigation,” Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “After examining all the available evidence, I have come to the conclusion that Mr Dyson has violated our policy and that the sanction is appropriate.”
MLB added that Dyson will participate in a confidential assessment and care program overseen by its joint policy board.
Dyson is 24-23, with an ERA 3.40 in a single start and 375 relief starts with the Toronto Blue Jays (2012), Miami Marlins (2013-15), Texas Rangers (2015-17), San Francisco (2017-19 ) and Minnesota, which acquired him from the Giants on July 19, 2019, in exchange for three players.
Dyson is known for awarding the three-stage homer with which Jose Bautista broke the tie for the Blue Jays in the seventh round of Game 5 of the 2015 American League Division series, a game won by Toronto. 6-3 to advance in the postseason. After the blow, Bautista glanced at the pitcher in a memorable image in which she threw her bat.
Dyson thus becomes one of the 15 players sanctioned under the Major League Baseball policy on domestic violence in 2016, the first since Dominican pitcher Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees executed an 81-game suspension that began in September. season.