Hector Olivera Arrested

[Julio3000]

If this is anything like it looks, I will be content if he never suits up in a tomahawk uni again.

[Russ2dollas]

Traded Wood and Peraza for nothing. Thanks!

I feel the same way....we still have Bird and a pick and a reliever with a major injury. So there's a chance...

[UNCBlue012]

Well, at least he played well enough to let us overlook his personal flaws.

Oh wait, he's awful. Come on, man.

[bravesfanMatt]

I will wait for facts to come out.. but like others.. if he hit her.. CUT HIM IMMEDIATELY!!

and I would say that if FF beat his new wife.. no place for that BS and I am sure not many teammates would welcome him back.

[dak]

Unreal. If this situation is as straightforward as it looks right now, I could see him being suspended for the entire year. Also, if this is felony assualt . . . I assume he's looking at jail time even if he's a first-time offender.

[bravesfanforlife88]

I really hope the Braves do what the Rockies/MLB have done with Jose Reyes.

[The Chosen One]

This may be the best news of the season so far.

[sturg33]

This may be the best news of the season so far.

Yeah - Our team probably just got a lot better by getting him out

[Enscheff]

Unreal. If this situation is as straightforward as it looks right now, I could see him being suspended for the entire year. Also, if this is felony assualt . . . I assume he's looking at jail time even if he's a first-time offender.

Agreed. Would he also risk being deported?

[PurpleBrave]

This puts a lid on one of the worst Braves trades in my lifetime

[striker42]

I wonder if he's in any danger of deportation.

[JxnMissFan]

I know I am being extremely prejudiced here, but I think these Cuban players are a huge risk and teams need to be leery of making huge (or should I say "yuge") investments in them. They've existed in a somewhat protected environment and then they uproot and have to get used to a vastly different culture where they aren't automatically on a national pedestal.

I agree with you. For some reason it seems the Cuban players are having a much harder time adjusting to life in the US and MLB than other groups.

[striker42]

While I am an attorney, I've never in any way, shape, or form done any immigration work. My very, very cursory look at this seems to show that yes, Olivera may have to worry about being deported. If you're not a US citizen and you commit what is known as a "aggravated felony" then you can be very quickly deported and permanently barred from re-entry into the US. Acts of domestic violence are generally considered to be aggravated felonies.

Charges against Aroldis Chapman were dropped so there was no risk of deportation there. Jose Reyes was originally planning on going to trial (probably because he would have been deported if convicted) but charges are being dropped because Reyes' wife isn't cooperating with authorities.

If this woman wants to take Olivera all the way and Olivera is convicted, it looks like there's a very good chance he'd be deported. Olivera's best chance is probably to have this woman not want to pursue the case.

[keithlaw]

I know I am being extremely prejudiced here, but I think these Cuban players are a huge risk and teams need to be leery of making huge (or should I say "yuge") investments in them. They've existed in a somewhat protected environment and then they uproot and have to get used to a vastly different culture where they aren't automatically on a national pedestal.

I agree, and I think you can expand this sentiment to managers too.

[MadduxFanII]

2004 was a fun year, wasn't it? JD Drew was awesome, Johnny Estrada hit .320, we had that cool Eli Marrero/Charles Thomas platoon in left. Man, good times.

[mossy]

Addition by subtraction. The guy sucks. I hope we never see him again.

In other news, Alex Wood and his ERA of 9 are going to the HOF. Peraza is also a living legend.

[dak]

While I am an attorney, I've never in any way, shape, or form done any immigration work. My very, very cursory look at this seems to show that yes, Olivera may have to worry about being deported. If you're not a US citizen and you commit what is known as a "aggravated felony" then you can be very quickly deported and permanently barred from re-entry into the US. Acts of domestic violence are generally considered to be aggravated felonies.

Charges against Aroldis Chapman were dropped so there was no risk of deportation there. Jose Reyes was originally planning on going to trial (probably because he would have been deported if convicted) but charges are being dropped because Reyes' wife isn't cooperating with authorities.

If this woman wants to take Olivera all the way and Olivera is convicted, it looks like there's a very good chance he'd be deported. Olivera's best chance is probably to have this woman not want to pursue the case.

Thanks. Can the victim agree to drop the criminal charges in exchange for a civil settlement, or is the decision whether to charge criminally in the hands of the authorities?

[bravesfanforlife88]

As I thought they would do:

"MLB has placed Olivera on administrative leave, and the commissioner’s office has begun to investigate his situation, Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post tweets."

Does that mean we get to call someone up?

[dak]

As I thought they would do:

"MLB has placed Olivera on administrative leave, and the commissioner’s office has begun to investigate his situation, Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post tweets."

Does that mean we get to call someone up?

Yes. I assume Tyler Moore is on a plane.

[msstate7]

2004 was a fun year, wasn't it? JD Drew was awesome, Johnny Estrada hit .320, we had that cool Eli Marrero/Charles Thomas platoon in left. Man, good times.

Eli's son, elih is a damn good freshman catcher at miss state this year.