3:06pm: Club GM Jon Daniels says that Jeffress will go to the restricted list, as Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News was among those to report (Twitter links). That will likely only be a one-day placement, however, and is intended to ensure that the team has a full bullpen.
It appears that Jeffress was found to be intoxicated after drinking at a nightclub when he was stopped, with Chris Siron and Naheed Rajwani of the Dallas Morning News providing further detail on the charges. Though alcohol does not fall within the parameters of the Joint Drug Agreement, the league is investigating the matter, according to Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (via Twitter).
11:04am: Rangers reliever Jeremy Jeffress was arrested in Dallas overnight for DWI, reports Rebecca Lopez of WFAA 8 News in Dallas. Per Lopez, Dallas County Jail records show that Jeffress was booked at 5:13am. It’s unclear if he’ll face any sort of disciplinary action from the team or the league (though there’s little in the way precedent for league-mandated punishment following a DWI or DUI charge). The Rangers issued the following statement to WFAA: “The Texas Rangers are aware of the situation involving Jeremy Jeffress that took place early this morning. At this time, we are in the process of the gathering information and have no further comment.”
Details surrounding this incident remain unclear, though Jeffress has been disciplined for substance abuse in the past. Jeffress was suspended on multiple occasions in his minor league career for marijuana usage, though the last such suspension came all the way back in 2009. In a recent interview with MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan, Jeffress attributed that usage to treatment for epilepsy, which has plagued him since his teen years.
Texas acquired the 28-year-old Jeffress alongside catcher Jonathan Lucroy in the Aug. 1 trade that sent minor leaguers Lewis Brinson, Luis Ortiz and a player to be named later to the Brewers. Jeffress has a 4.00 ERA in nine innings since the trade and a 2.52 ERA with 6.9 K/9, 2.7 BB/9, a 58.9 percent ground-ball rate and 27 saves on the season as a whole. He’ll be eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter and can be controlled by the Rangers through the 2019 season.
MLB needs to put drunk driving on the same level as domestic violence. This should be at minimum a year long suspension – there is literally no reason for a millionaire to drive drunk ever. The risk is murdering innocent people – that’s never a risk anyone should take, let alone a 1%er.
That’s a bit harsh, if you’re not an alcoholic you just don’t understand. Punishment is pretty serious now in most states, but they still let you go to work.
You’re exactly right. This guy always posting overboard/overreactive comments. How about let the justice system act b4 sentencing takes place. He should be punished if found guilty
As someone who has had a family member killed by a drunk driver, please leave your snide comments to yourself.
Im throwing batteries at this clown next Rangers game I attend, don’t care if I get ejected/banned. He needs to know what he did was heinously awful.
I hope you get banned, fans that act like you ruin the atmosphere of the game.
In your world do teenage shoplifters get their hands chopped off?
You. Just. Don’t. Understand. The. Other. Side. Throw batteries at me next time at least he has done something with his life.
SURE….My snide vs you violent comments. You’re right, you win. TROLL
Gladly!
Jeffress is a teenager? Hm, news to me. A year long ban is clearly excessive, but he should be suspended at least for a couple games. The extent of what happened isn’t known yet, the BAC etc… There are circumstances that matter.
What about bad drivers- ones that aren’t drunk? They’re dangerous too. Can I throw batteries at them? Would that be justified in your sick, little head?
If they’re driving in such a way that they’re decently likely to kill random people…then yeah, kind of.
You’re the one defending drunk driving but I’m the troll? Awesome logic is awesome.
By your rational you should sit in the clink for a minimum of a year for throwing batteries at a person. Smh.
Troll
Having worked for an interlock company, I have seen numerous people falsely accused of DWI,.. you should at least wait for him to go to court or enter a plea deal.
You’re an idiot. If you’re not an alcoholic you just don’t understand? That’s one of the most ridiculous statements I’ve ever heard in my life. No buddy, YOU don’t understand. Even if someone has a drinking problem there’s no reason to get behind the wheel. There’s actually no one forcing the bottle to go to their mouth either, but that’s a different argument. If you drink, no matter what the level, you could always get a ride after. Guessing you have been close to someone who is an alcoholic? Considering the excuses you’re making. What a joke.
^ This guy ready to bring back prohibition
There are these things called laws and when you break them you are punished by a judge, you are not a judge but you play one in this forum . Get off your highorse sir and let the judge decide his punishment.
Finally someone else tells the truth. The rest of you all should be disgusted with yourselves, you are letting your homerism totally control every opinion you have. I mean seriously, defending a drunk driver because he plays on your fave team? Grow up.
Not ONE person is defending him you BUM. You’re dumbest guy on this thread.
You know… there’s these pesky little things called reality and science. Science tells us that alcohol lowers your ability to think clearly. And the reality is that not being able to think clearly is a valid legal defense for everything EXCEPT when caused by alcohol.
So while it should be easy for anyone to know that you shouldn’t get behind the wheel once your BAC reaches 0.08, the practical application of that knowledge isn’t quite the same. You should think before you insult other people’s intelligence.
There has been a stronger drinking & driving campaign to help people know when they’ve had too much: Buzzed driving IS drunk driving. People don’t associate being buzzed with being drunk because they are so used to being that level of intoxicated that they don’t feel as inebriated. We all know someone who only had 2 beers and drove home, but I guarantee you how you and I feel after 2 beers is completely different, but if you weigh the same amount as I do, we’re just as drunk.
Alcoholism is a disease. Drink driving is poor decision making. Learn the difference.
They are not mutually exclusive. I am not defending drunk drivers, but you have to admit that sound judgment and good decision making is not a side effect of alcohol consumption. Let’s be honest, without alcohol consumption, a lot of people wouldn’t even be here to have this argument.
Lochte Gate
It doesn’t take an alcoholic for a drunk guy to get behind the wheel and murder someone.
hey captain overboard, he wasn’t arrested for driving drunk. he was stoned. completely different story.
What the heck are you talking about? He wasn’t stoned he was drunk.
I’m so high typing this I wish the expos were still a team
same man
Good luck!!
There’s no reason ANYONE should drive drunk. I agree that an athlete with the means to own his/her taxi company is even more absurd driving drunk.
I agree… But the alcohol industry which spends billions in advertising and sponsorships will have a say….
Who says this has anything to do with alcohol?
It was never mentioned in the article at all.
Driving will impaired can mean other things.
Could have been marijuana, but I don’t think MLB test for marijuana at the big league level
They do but not randomly. Drugs of abuse are tested for under reasonable cause (i.e. showing up reeking, obvious signs of tweeking etc…)
Not once players reach the majors, they stop testing for it.
Texas Penal Code 49.04 ….DWI is Driving While Intoxicated and refers specifically to alcohol.
really?
texas.drivinguniversity.com/dwi-dui/drugs-and-driv…
codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-49-04.h…
In Texas, DWI is a BAC of .08 or higher or impairment of any drug, dangerous drug, or other substance.
Smoked a joint and went driving? That’s DWI. Took your prescription Xanex before driving? That’s DWI. Took a couple Tylenol PM’s and drove to 711? That’s DWI.
It was alcohol. He was drinking Hennessey and had a .121 BAC
is marijuana intoxicating?
Only if you’re doing it right
Most people are able to drive at the same level on it. Some (but not all) studies have shown it to have no correlation with accidents.
Any League punishment would come if he violates the treatment program he must now attend (Attachment 27 pg. 224 of the CBA) or is he was already in the program (that info is confidential) a DWI is a violation.
He was in program awhile ago. Probably out of it now
Probably but hard to say for sure. The MiLB program doesn’t have the same strict confidentiality the MLB program does under the JDA. There are most likely players in the program and we have no idea. The only way we would find out is if the player is disciplined for violating it.
Once he got on 40 they stopped testing him for weed. Same as with Singleton from Astros. Don’t even know if they put you in a “program”, other than suspensions. but the random recreational drug tests stop once you are on 40 man.
I stated the same thing about random tests above but players can be tested under reasonable cause (JDA pg 17 Section 3 C 2 a……
In the event that either Party has information that gives it reasonable cause to believe that a Player has, in the previous 12-month period, engaged in the use, possession, sale or distribution of a Drug of Abuse, the Party shall provide Reasonable Cause Notification to the Treatment Board, and the Player will be subject to an immediate test, or program of testing, as determined by the Treatment Board, to commence no later than 48 hours after the Reasonable Cause Notification was provided.
Treatment program is outlined in Section 4 of the JDA.
As Far as Jeffresss he falls under Attachment 27 “Joint Treatment Program for Alcohol-Related and Off-Field Violent Conduct”of the CBA specifically
2. Referral to the Treatment Board will be mandatory when:
(a) A Player is arrested or charged by law enforcement authorities with driving while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol, or any other criminal violation relating to the use of alcohol.
wonder if he was busted by a texas ranger in law enforcement?
headline reads “texas ranger, former brewer, arrested by texas rangers.
That’s funny
“…for drinking brews.”
highly unlikely, though we wish it were true… Texas Rangers are extremely rarely involved in any traffic stop. That is more of a function of Highway Patrol and State Troopers (both state level law enforcement under DPS)
Funny I just got to downtown Dallas looking down at the courthouse when I saw this headline. Lol
He already has the public shaming, courtesy of mlbtr and various other outlets. The team can suspend him if they see fit. The dude is human, regardless of how much he makes…
And when you ask a young baseball fan who their favorite player is, how many say Jeremy Jeffress? There’s no travesty here. MLB needs to relax a little…Remember when Yovani Gallardo was arrested for DWI? Probably not! That’s the point.
How about we let the justice system discipline and punish and let work worry about stuff at work!
I agree with that for an offense like this.
I agree with that for ANY offense. We still live in a society where we are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Somewhere along the line, people have forgotten that and just assumed the court of public opinion matters. The court of public opinion should not matter at all because then you start getting into witch hunts. If MLB wants to discipline players AFTER they are convicted of a crime, then so be it. But this whole let’s punish before they are ever even tried is just ridiculous and belongs in a place like the Soviet Union or some fascist government from the past.
Once a Brewer, always a Brewer.
Touche!
Some really poor readers here. What was he doing out at 5AM AND drunk. The only way to punish these guys is through the wallet. Not a couple of thousand bucks but maybe 25% the first time then 50% the second. HARSH???? Not at all, something that can be avoided 100% of the time.
The only way to punish people who do this is to make a year in prison for first offenders. People should be scared to even think about doing it.
I may never understand why rich people don’t always take a cab or get an Uber when he or she is drunk. It’s not hard. It just takes money.
Because most people regardless of money typically think they are fine or just “buzzed” but still believe they can coordinate enough to drive. I’m sure that’s how it happens. But I can see if I were in his position maybe I’d just take a cab to and from the establishment. Cabs aren’t super common in Dallas at the same time so it takes effort to call ahead.
There are ubers all the time though
Jayson Werth got caught driving 105 in a 55 mph zone and did time in prison. No punishment. I feel like a player should get a warning with things like this and more than one offense should lead to a suspension. Jeffress was suspended for multiple positive test for weed. Should be suspended, but there’s no rule against booze.
Everyone in Milwaukee who doesn’t understand baseball were so upset we traded Jeffress too for ortiz(hasn’t given up a run since coming over) and brinson( 4 homers, 17 rbi’s and a .400 batting average) align with our choice from a list of some of their top prospects with the player to be named later. It was tough to see Lucroy go but I knew it was only a matter of time before this talented pitcher would screw up again. He’s pushing a full year or lifetime ban soon if the league chides to
Players need to read up on the Josh Hancock story
He should be punished if found or pleads guilty but not for a season. 10 games the first offense, IMO
My aunt was hit by a dwi. The 1%’ER stopped by the 19th hole after his round. She and here bf were trapped in their vehicle as the flames consumed her, the screams were described as the most horrific sound imaginable. An explosive outburst is understandable, marriage/love are tough. Passion and excess hormones are what make them athletes. Not condoning just understanding. This punk should be required to do 3 months in patient rehab and continuing care for a year. Dwi is worse than domestic violence no doubt. Cab fare is cheap and he has no room to cry poverty.
Seriously, Trade Rumors:
MODERATE this forum.
This is a BASEBALL forum not a place for the ignorant to debate punishment for illegal or immoral activity.
MODERATE this garbage.
Heard he is being sent to the Pee Wee Wee League for rehab.
i love trade rumour