DALLAS (AP) – The Texas Rangers have placed reliever Jeremy Jeffress on the restricted list following his overnight arrest on a drunken driving charge.
Jeffress wasn’t with the team for its game Friday night against Cleveland. While there was no timetable for his return, general manager Jon Daniels said the reliever might be away only a day.
Daniels said the team is “certainly disappointed” in Jeffress. Major League Baseball is looking into the arrest of the pitcher who was suspended twice as a minor leaguer for violating drug rules.
Online records for the Dallas County jail show that the 28-year-old Jeffress was booked around 5:15 a.m. Friday on a driving while intoxicated charge. Bond was set at $500 following the traffic stop. No attorney information was available for Jeffress.
Texas acquired Jeffress from Milwaukee as part of a trade August 1.
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