Pirates All-Star Felipe Vazquez Charged With Trying To Solicit Sex From 13 Year Old Girl

Earlier this morning CBS Sports site Scout had this to say about Felipe Vázquez:

Expect Felipe Vázquez to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 17.99 projected fantasy points puts him at #15 behind Carlos Martinez and ahead of Will Smith. He has averaged 4.3 fantasy points in his past 126 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 3.79 fantasy points.

Fast forward a few hours and… yeah… you can scratch that…

From CBS Pittsburgh:

Pittsburgh Pirates’ closer Felipe Vázquez has been arrested on charges of pornography and soliciting a child.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Vázquez was arrested just after 11 a.m. Tuesday in Pittsburgh on a felony warrant out of Lee County, Florida. Vázquez, 28, of Saint Cloud, Florida, is facing charges of computer pornography – solicitation of a child and one count of providing obscene material to minors.

“Solicitation of a minor”… that would be Vázquez, who is almost 30 years old, allegedly asking a minor to meet him for sexual acts. And “providing obscene material” means he was either allegedly sending the minor porn, or wildly inappropriate footage of himself, or both.

Florida law enforcement officials say their investigation began last month after officials “obtained information that Vázquez had a reported sexual relationship with a 13-year-old female” in Florida. Authorities say the alleged victim, now 15, had gotten text messages from Vázquez saying they would meet up after baseball season.

Court paperwork reports that the teen’s mother discovered the messages sent to the victim.

Investigators say the girl also allegedly received a video in July from the pitcher in which he is shown performing a sex act.

The arrest warrant affidavit says investigators were able to identify Vázquez by comparing photos of his tattoos.

According to ESPN MLB Insider Jeff Passan, Major League Baseball officials have put Vázquez on administrative leave.

Fucking heinous. Here’s the statement from Pirates President Frank Coonelly:

In response, the general sentiment of Pirates fans right now seems to be along these lines: