Braves’ Marcell Ozuna arrested, charged with DUI

Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna was arrested early Friday morning on prices of driving below the affect and failure to keep up lane, Gwinnett County jail data present, according to CBS 46 News in Atlanta. Ozuna was booked at 4:39 a.m. ET.

Final Might, Ozuna was arrested for aggravated assault and battery after police witnessed him choke his spouse and throw her towards the wall of their house. He entered a pre-trial diversion program and the fees had been later dropped. MLB positioned Ozuna on administrative go away following the arrest and he served a 20-game suspension below the league’s home violence coverage.

MLB doesn’t have a proper DUI suspension coverage. Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker was arrested for DUI in spring coaching and was not suspended by MLB. Miguel Cabrera, Shin-Soo Choo, Danny Duffy, and Yovani Gallardo had been all arrested for DUI lately, however didn’t serve suspensions.

Los Angeles Angels righty Nick Adenhart and two others had been killed when a drunk driver crashed into their automobile in April 2009. The driving force was later sentenced to 51 years in jail. Miami Marlins righty Jose Fernandez had alcohol and cocaine in his system when he was killed in a Sept. 2016 boating accident. 

Ozuna, 31, is within the second 12 months of a four-year, $65 million contract. He signed the contract following an MVP-caliber efficiency in the course of the shortened 60-game season in 2020, however has hit simply .214/.271/.381 with minus-1.4 WAR since.

The Braves defeated the rival New York Mets on Thursday night, a number of hours previous to Ozuna’s arrest. They open a three-game World Sequence rematch with the Houston Astros at house Friday night time.