New York Yankees reliever Jimmy Cordero was suspended for the remainder of the 2023 season for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
“The Yankees are fully supportive of Major League Baseball’s investigative process and the disciplinary action applied to Jimmy Cordero.”
“There is no justification for domestic violence, and we stand with the objectives, standards, and enforcement of MLB’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy”, the Yankees said in a statement.
On Wednesday, Rob Manfred, the M.L.B. commissioner, said that Jimmy Cordero had accepted a suspension for the rest of the 2023 regular season and the playoffs after the investigation was conducted. Manfred only revealed that Cordero had violated the league’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse policy.
“There is no justification for domestic violence,” the Yankees said.
When suspending players under domestic violence policy, the MLB rules hold they do not say what they were investigating or have found.
No response has been gotten from Cordero.
The league’s policy, negotiated with the MLB Players Association, does not mandate suspensions of a particular length. Cordero’s 76-game ban, which he agreed to, is among the longest the league has given, behind Trevor Bauer (324 games, reduced on appeal to 194), Sam Dyson (162), Jose Torres (100), Hector Olivera (82) and his Yankees teammate Domingo German (81).
31-year-old Jimmy Cordero has been vital to the Yankees’ bullpen after not pitching in the majors since 2020. New York’s relief corps has allowed the team to stay relevant despite an offensive slump since Aaron Judge got injured with a torn ligament in his right big toe.
Yankees relievers have a 2.82 ERA, the best in the major leagues, and have allowed the fewest home runs while generating the highest ground-ball rate.
Cordero’s fastball which sits above 97 mph and a slider that complements it, has spent past seasons with the Nationals, Blue Jays, and White Sox. He became a viable middle-innings reliever for manager Aaron Boone, not allowing a run in 23 of his 31 appearances.
Cordero signed with the team in 2022 and spent that season in the minor leagues before posting a 3.86 ERA in 32⅔ innings this season.