Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias enters plea to battery charge

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge connected to his arrest last September on suspicion of domestic violence, per ESPN. The former Dodgers pitcher was placed on 36 months of summary probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community service as well as a 52-week domestic violence counseling course, said a spokesperson for the L.A. City Attorney's Office. Additionally, Urias must pay a domestic violence fund fee, not possess any weapons, not use any force or violence, pay restitution to the victim and abide by a protective order. The four other misdemeanor charges against Urias — an additional count of domestic battery involving a dating relationship, as well as one count each of spousal battery, false imprisonment and assault — were dismissed.