{"id":4650,"date":"2017-03-29T13:22:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T17:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2017-03-29T13:22:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T17:22:24","slug":"jeurys-familia-suspended-15-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/03\/29\/jeurys-familia-suspended-15-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeurys Familia Suspended 15 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets will be without their closer for the first 15 games of the 2017. On Wednesday, the Major league baseball handed down their decision in relation to a domestic violence incident involving Familia and his wife that occurred back on October 31 of last year. Familia\u2019s suspension is the fourth, and by far the most lenient, suspension issued under MLB\u2019s new domestic violence policy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MLB announces Familia&#8217;s 15-game suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Statement from Familia:<\/p>\n<p>Today, I accepted a 15-game suspension from&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zUaLRwwP1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/zUaLRwwP1Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/847128136953352192\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/familje01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeurys Familia<\/a> Suspended 15 Games<\/h2>\n<p>In addition, Familia must also forfeit 18 days worth of pay, which will total over $700,000. A native of the Dominican Republic, the 27-year-old right-hander debuted for the Mets in 2012, and led the Majors with 51 saves last season.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of the incident, Familia\u2019s wife Bianca called 911 after an apparent altercation with her husband. When the police arrived, they discovered that Bianca had a bruised cheek and scratches on her chest. Familia was arrested, but the domestic abuse charge was later dismissed because the prosecutor deemed there was not enough evidence to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Of the other three suspensions issued under the league\u2019s domestic violence policy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chapmar01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aroldis Chapman<\/a>\u2019s was closest in length, though still twice as long at 30 games. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=reyesjo01,reyesjo02,reyes-016jos,reyes-019jos,reyes-023jos,reyes-004jos&amp;search=Jose+Reyes&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Reyes<\/a> missed 52 games, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/olivehe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hector Olivera<\/a> was banned for 82 games. In the months following Familia&#8217;s arrest, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/news\/mets-jeurys-familia-reportedly-likely-to-be-suspended-at-least-30-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it seemed likely that he would at least get 30-game suspension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Though Familia is accepting his suspension and will not appeal, he still denies having physically harmed his wife. In his statement, he called his actions \u201cinappropriate behavior. Familia publicly apologized to the Mets organization, his teammates and his fans. He stated that he has learned from his actions and vowed to never act in such a manner again.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/615025780\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 61.616162% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/615025780?et=fdo6lueaSZ16HnVNIabiJA&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=3FN3szDt5SHqVrJP1hLI9xqY7bu7KWoJfaloHgK6mSc=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets will be without their closer for the first 15 games of the 2017. 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