Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Maricopa County (Arizona) Superior Court to charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct.
He is next due in court on Dec. 28 for a pretrial hearing.
Athletics general manager David Forst said from the GM meetings in Orlando, Florida, that he still expects Maxwell to be the team's starting catcher in 2018.
"I don't want to talk about the off-field stuff right now. We'll let the criminal proceedings play out. But from a baseball standpoint, I expect Bruce to be our catcher next year," Forst said Tuesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.