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Trevor Bauer, who just a few years ago was one of the premier pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), is a free agent now, but teams aren’t exactly lining up to shower him with C-notes. Bauer pitched on Sunday and showed that he was still in excellent form, but the game was conspicuous by the absence of major league scouts who might have opened their checkbooks and welcomed Bauer, who hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2021, back into the elite fraternity.
Bauer is still persona non grata in MLB, and yet not only has he not been found guilty of anything, but the accuser who got him suspended from the league in the first place has also been abundantly discredited. “Innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t apply to Trevor Bauer.
The New York Post reported Monday that Bauer faced a collection of Los Angeles Dodgers minor leaguers, and while the competition may not have been elite, he “still showed flashes of what once made him a highly sought-after pitcher in the majors, hitting 99 mph on the radar gun.”
Bauer himself was happy with his performance and remained hopeful that someone in MLB would notice: “I just stay ready,’’ he said, “and maybe people somehow will remember that I’m still one of the best pitchers in the world. For those who saw me pitch, I think it was pretty obvious I was still elite. Telling hitters what pitch was coming, and getting outs. I think anyone who was here could see that the stuff was elite. Command is there. Shapes are there. All that. I’m a better pitcher now than I was the last time people here saw me. Hopefully, today reminded them that I’m still an elite pitcher. If not, that’s fine too.’’
So why doesn’t Trevor Bauer have a major league contract? Because he was “suspended a record 194 games for violating MLB’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy and then cut by the Dodgers.” He has served that suspension, but no baseball team has shown any sign of wanting to sign him, despite the fact that his violations of “MLB’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy” are all allegations, not anything that has been established in a court of law or anywhere else.
Four women have accused Bauer of sexual assault, and while none of their claims have been definitively established, there is no doubt that he has behaved in a reckless and tawdry manner. The Los Angeles Times reported in June 2023 that in one woman’s case, Bauer was “accused of choking her and forcibly grabbing her, one encounter in which he is accused of holding a jagged steak knife to her throat and another in which he is accused of raping her at an Arizona residence.”
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cornelius says
Our fearless leader certainly loves his baseball.
So do I. One MUST love baseball when one grew up rooting for the perennial cellar-dwellers, the Washington Senators. But ’69 was the exception, when the Senators came in 4th, 10 games above 500. It was the year Ted Williams was voted Manager of the Year. Perhaps Robert remembers names like Frank “Hondo” Howard, Mike Epstein, Ed Brinkman, Joe Coleman, Dick Basman, Darrell Knowles, Paul Casanova, Del Unser, etc.
cornelius says
Of Course that was Dick Bosman.
James Lincoln says
cornelius,
When I was a youngster, my dad brought me into Fenway to see Ted Williams during his last year the majors – 1960.
The “Splendid Splinter” was certainly one of the very best hitters in the history of Major League Baseball.