Villalona could n't get a visa last year .
Was on MLB 's restricted list in 2010 - 11 due to complications from being charged with murder in Villalona 's native Dominican Republic in 2009 , charges that were eventually dropped .
Villalona could n't get a visa last year and was on MLB 's restricted list in 2010 - 11 due to complications from being charged with murder in his native Dominican Republic in 2009 , charges that were eventually dropped .