Sean Hjelle made his first public comments addressing abuse and infidelity allegations made against him by his wife, Caroline.
“I don’t have an official comment right now,” Hjelle said following the team’s 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. “I would like to talk to my agent, my lawyer. This has been something that has been going on for over a year now in terms of our relationship, our divorce, our separation and everything. I don’t have any official comment right now, I just want to talk to the appropriate people to figure out what the steps are. I’m just taking it in stride right now. No official comment right now.
“I feel confident saying that I will have one eventually. I don’t have an exact timeline on that, but I would like to actually get with the people that are handling the situation with me and for me before I actually make an official statement.”
Caroline Hjelle claimed in her TikTok post on Saturday that her husband “abandons us on Mother’s Day … once I finally found about his affairs and stopped putting up with his abuse, so I’ve been raising two boys alone.”
She held their two sons in the video.
The San Francisco Giants released a statement addressing the accusations shortly after Caroline’s post went viral.
“We are aware of these serious allegations,” the team said. “We have been in contact with MLB. These type of allegations fall under their jurisdiction, and we won’t be commenting further.”
Giants manager Bob Melvin addressed Hjelle’s situation before Saturday’s game.
“Obviously, we’re aware. He told me about it last night,” Melvin said. “We’ve talked to MLB, and at this point, it’s in their jurisdiction so we really can’t comment any further.”
On the mound this season, Hjelle is 1–1 with a 4.66 ERA across six appearances, including his first career major league start on June 8.
He holds a 7–8 career record and 4.80 ERA over 144 1/3 innings.
MLB’s domestic violence policy grants the commissioner authority to impose administrative leave for up to seven days during investigations, even in the absence of criminal proceedings.
For now, Hjelle remains active, but further discipline could follow depending on MLB’s findings.