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Our hero still stands accused of brandishing a machete on some of the workers on his farm and threatening to light them on fire. Jerry Crasnick lays out a grisly scene at the jail in Venezuela where once and future ace reliever Ugueth Urbina awaits his still-uncertain fate.

Urbina is a free agent, though "free" may have to be amended somewhat in the near future. The article linked above is Insider-only, but here's your quote of the week, courtesy of his agent, Peter Greenberg:

Ugie has asked me, 'What's the interest?' I've told him, 'We're going to keep pushing every angle, but you have to understand we're kind of handcuffed right now.'

Yeah, kind of.