Former Detroit Tigers minor league outfielder Danry Vasquez was released by the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League after video surfaced of him beating his fiancée.
The video, from 2016, has gone viral, eliciting visceral reactions across social media.
Justin Verlander, the former Tigers ace who won the World Series last season with the Houston Astros, reacted to the news and video this way on Twitter:
"(Middle finger) you man. I hope the rest of your life without baseball is horrible," Verlander wrote. "You deserve all that is coming your way!"
Vasquez began his pro career in 2011 with the Tigers' minor-league system in Lakeland and played for West Michigan and Connecticut in the Tigers' organization.