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MLB still assessing domestic incidents

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Major League Baseball still is unsure when it will complete investigations of New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig and Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes under the sport’s new domestic violence policy.

Under the agreement last August between MLB and the players’ association, discipline is not dependent on a criminal conviction. But baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday that legal probes impact baseball’s inquiry.

“I would love to have these resolved before we begin play again,” Manfred said. “The one thing I’ve learned about these cases is timing is not mine, right? You have to really rely on the criminal process playing out in order to put yourself in a position that you’re comfortable to actually know what the facts are.”

Players may be disciplined for “just cause,” the same standard used under the sport’s collective bargaining agreement. Discipline can be appealed to baseball’s independent arbitrator.

Florida prosecutors decided not to file charges against Chapman.

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