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 Yahoo! Sports reported that Chapman fired eight gunshots into the
garage of his Miami-area home following an October argument with his
girlfriend, who told police Chapman choked her and pushed her
against a wall.
The story said Major League Baseball has begun a domestic violence
investigation into the incident. No arrests were made, but more than
a dozen officers responded to the Oct. 30 call to police, according
to police reports viewed by Yahoo! Sports.
The Dodgers had no comment on the state of the deal, which on Monday
was believed to be on hold pending a physical examination of the
hard-throwing Chapman.
"The trade is still possible," Reds president of baseball operations
Walt Jocketty told reporters at MLB's winter meetings in Nashville.
The 27-year-old Chapman is a free agent at the end of next season,
and the Reds have made it plain they plan to trade him.
"This actually came up the last 24 hours. That's not what held up
the trade. We just weren't able to complete it as fast as we wanted
to," said Jocketty.
The Boston Globe reported on Monday that the Red Sox learned of the
incident last month while doing a background check during trade
talks with the Reds. Boston eventually made a deal with the San
Diego Padres for reliever Craig Kimbrel.
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Los Angeles already have one player, Yasiel Puig, currently under an
MLB domestic violence investigation for an alleged physical
altercation with his sister preceding a fight with a bouncer at a
Miami-area bar.
Chapman has a 2.17 career ERA and 146 saves in 164 chances with 546
strikeouts in 319 innings during his six seasons in Cincinnati. Last
season, he posted a 1.63 ERA with 33 saves in 36 chances.
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Mark
Lamport-Stokes)
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