Dodgers News: The Organization Speaks on Julio Urías Reinstatement

With Julio Urías being reinstated from administrative leave this morning, the media has been able to gather a solid base of quotes from Andrew Friedman, Dave Roberts, and Julio Urías himself regarding the situation.

As you know, Julio Urías was arrested a last week on suspicion of a domestic violence incident.

To start, here is what Andrew Friedman had to say regarding the situation, courtesy of The Athletic’s Pedro Moura:

Andrew Friedman said he can’t say much about Julio Urías’ reinstatement. “One thing we do know is that it’s not standard for them to reinstate after just the seven days,” he said. “That says something to us. But we can’t really elaborate further.” He said he hopes to later.

— Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) May 21, 2019

Friedman’s quote demonstrates a bit of what we already know in that the organization cannot speak much on the incident. However, some positivity is hinted at here with Friedman explaining that Urías being reinstated in quick fashion ‘says something’. It does. Although it may mean that more likely than not, Urías is fine, it does not mean anything concrete.

Dave Roberts sounded off and gave some insight into Urías’ thought process:

Dave Roberts described Julio Urias' demeanor today as "happy to be back, he's anxious to get everything behind. I know he's excited to just get back to playing baseball." #Dodgers

— . (@THEREAL_DV) May 21, 2019

Julio Urías addressed the Dodgers for a few minutes upon his return to the team today. When speaking to reporters, he declined to address his arrest and the circumstances beyond saying that he is complying with MLB.

— Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) May 21, 2019

The fact that Julio actually had the sense to address his teammates is a very mature step in the right direction. Good on Julio.

He also made a statement regarding his readiness for big-league action and his potential role with the team upon his return:

#Dodgers Dave Roberts said Julio Urias threw a bullpen session a couple days ago, expects him to throw another today so won’t be available tonight. “But I expect him to be a factor in Pittsburgh series” this weekend

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) May 21, 2019

Julio Urías provided a few important quotes as well:

#Dodgers Julio Urias thru interpreter: "I'm cooperating with Major League Baseball. They're the ones in charge of the investigation. I'm just happy to be back in here and grateful my teammates welcomed me back in the clubhouse."
Addressed team privately when he arrived in Tampa

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) May 21, 2019

Julio Urías fully cooperating with Major League Baseball is good to hear even though it should be a sure thing in his case. If Julio is of course not found guilty of any wrong-doing, we as fans should welcome him back with open arms as well.

#Dodgers Julio Urias thru interpreter: "Now that I'm back I'm going to focus on baseball. I've been through a lot of things from the (shoulder) surgery to everything else and they (teammates) have always supported me and they continue to support me."

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) May 21, 2019

Urías provides a much-needed bullpen addition to a weak ‘pen already. He alludes to the fact that he has already gone through a lot in his career and that this accusation and arrest have only added to the difficulties.

Let’s just hope that Urías is innocent. If he is not, it is clearly not out of the realm of possibility that Urías does get cut with how Andrew Friedman has claimed to operate in the past regarding the nixed Aroldis Chapman trade for his domestic violence case as well as the more recent Addison Russell case.

In the interim, we’ll do our best to focus on baseball.