MLB pitcher Sam Dyson suspended entire 2021 season for domestic violence

Major League Baseball on Friday suspended free agent reliever Sam Dyson for the entire 2021 season, the longest penalty under the league’s domestic violence policy.  

Dyson, 31, has not pitched since September 2019, when, as a member of the Minnesota Twins, he underwent shoulder surgery that was expected to sideline him at least year. MLB began its investigation of Dyson in November 2019, when his former girlfriend, Alexis Blackburn, alleged to Jupiter, Florida police that Dyson had been abusive; in a pair of Instagram posts, she also said Dyson injured her cat when he kicked a kennel that housed the cat.

In an October 2020 report, The Athletic reviewed text messages, photos, medical and public documents provided by Blackburn, which painted a pattern of verbal and emotional abuse, along with photos of Blackburn’s bruised arms, which were provided to Jupiter police. Dyson did not face charges in Jupiter, with Blackburn saying the police believed they could not provide probable cause.

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