Nationals fire employee who threw two cups of hot coffee at woman in Dominican Republic
Edith Febles, a TV reporter in the Dominican Republic, reported Saturday that Morel will turn himself in at the local prosecutor’s office Monday. Febles cited a conversation she had with Morel’s lawyer.
As an administrator at the Nationals’ academy in Boca Chica, Morel oversaw day-to-day operations. According to his LinkedIn page, he joined the organization as a video intern at the academy in June 2017. He was then promoted to the administrative role he held between November 2017 and this weekend.
The academy has attracted a lot of praise in recent years, having helped develop Juan Soto, Victor Robles, Luis García, Wander Suero and Wilmer Difo, among others. It was marred by scandal in 2009, when then-general manager Jim Bowden resigned amid a federal probe into the team’s signing practices. Rizzo, promoted to replace Bowden, overhauled the academy’s leadership structure and hired Johnny DiPuglia to clean up the program. DiPuglia continues to oversee the academy as the Nationals’ assistant general manager in charge of international operations.
