Blue Jays closer Osuna suspended for 75 games

Toronto Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna agreed to a suspension through Aug. 4 under MLB’s domestic violence policy, discipline that will cause him to miss about half of the season.

Osuna has not pitched since May 6, two days before he was put on administrative leave when he was charged with one count of assault in Toronto.

The suspension is retroactive to May 8 and covers 75 games. Osuna, an All-Star last year, will wind up missing 89 days, which would cost him about $2.54 million of his $5.3 million salary.

“I don’t have much of a reaction other than you take what MLB does and trust that and live with that and let it go through its course,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. “Hopefully, it all gets worked out on both sides and everyone gets the help they need and everything works out fine.”

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