Jazhiel Morel, an employee for the Washington Nationals, was fired by the organization for allegedly throwing coffee at a convenience store worker in the Dominican Republic.
Nationals general manager and president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo told ESPN's Kiley McDaniel, Jeff Passan and Enrique Rojas that Morel was fired Saturday:
"The Washington Nationals learned of this horrific incident earlier today and immediately terminated the employee," Rizzo said in a statement. "We do not tolerate this type of behavior in our organization."
Video of Morel allegedly throwing the coffee surfaced Friday on social media:
Jeff PassanThe Washington Nationals fired an employee in the Dominican Republic on Saturday after he allegedly threw two cups of hot coffee in the face of a female convenience-store employee.