Now We Know Why Nobody Signed Willy Aybar: He Was In Prison

Yesterday Willy Aybar signed with the Edmonton Capitals of the Independent North American League. We had been wondering why no Major League team would even give Aybar a minor league deal. Turns out it was because Aybar was sentenced to three months in prison in the Dominican Republic after he beat his wife. Aybar’s wife ended up in intensive care for an extended period of time, in critical condition. Here is a translated news story that ran on a Dominican news site in January… Three months of preventive detention were imposed today in the morning January 30, the player of GdesLigas Willy Aybar, for violating a restraining order and hit his wife. Ms. Aybar, hit that remain in intensive care, despite being confined to her home with normal and in critical condition, because the family did not want to keep it inside, to avoid comments that could damage the reputation of a player. However, this time the slugger’s Licey Tigers, Willy Aybar has been put behind bar...