NEW YORK — Yankees right-handed reliever Jimmy Cordero has been suspended for the rest of the 2023 season for violating Major League Baseball’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced early Wednesday afternoon.
In a statement, MLB said Cordero, who will not be paid during the suspension, had “accepted” the penalty following a league investigation and that the pitcher “will participate in a confidential and comprehensive evaluation and treatment program supervised by the Joint Policy Board.”
The Yankees backed the league’s decision.
“The Yankees are fully supportive of Major League Baseball’s investigative process and the disciplinary action applied to Jimmy Cordero," the club said in a statement released shortly after MLB’s announcement. "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.”
Cordero, 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 31 games (one start) this season, signed a minor league deal with the Yankees before the 2022 season and spent that season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre as he recovered from Tommy John surgery.
The Yankees, who have had one of the best bullpens in the big leagues throughout the season, did not immediately say who would take Cordero’s spot on the roster.
Domingo German, who threw the 24th perfect game in league history last Wednesday night in Oakland, received an 81-game suspension late in the 2019 season for violating the same domestic violence policy, a suspension he served in 2019 and 2020.
