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Updated · Fox News · Jun 23

Trevor Bauer Re-Signs With Diablos Rojos After 66 Strikeouts as MLB Teams Still Pass

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Jun 23

Trevor Bauer Re-Signs With Diablos Rojos After 66 Strikeouts as MLB Teams Still Pass

Q: Does Bauer's claim of exposing 'rampant cheating' explain why he remains exiled from Major League Baseball?

No. Bauer’s claim that he exposed “rampant cheating” in MLB may help explain his strained relationship with the league, but it does not, on the available evidence, fully explain why he remains out of the majors. The documented reason for his exit was MLB’s suspension under its Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy after the 2021 allegations, followed by the Dodgers releasing him in 2023. Although an arbitrator reduced the ban, Bauer still served a lengthy suspension and lost about $37.5 million. MLB’s policy allows discipline regardless of whether criminal charges are filed, and Bauer was never criminally charged. What has happened since is less clear-cut. Bauer argues that his criticism of sticky-substance use, league decisions, and Commissioner Rob Manfred damaged his standing with MLB. He has said teams show interest and then back away, leading him to suspect league-level resistance. But there is no public proof that exposing cheating is the decisive reason clubs have not signed him. A more complete explanation is that several factors likely overlap: the reputational fallout from the allegations, teams’ sensitivity to domestic-violence issues, Bauer’s polarizing public profile, and his adversarial relationship with MLB. His strong performances in Mexico, Japan, and the Atlantic League show he still has pitching ability, but talent alone has not outweighed those concerns. So Bauer’s cheating claim is part of the story, not the whole answer.

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 23

Trevor Bauer, 35, has re-signed with Mexico's Diablos Rojos after a seven-start stint with the Long Island Ducks in which he went 5-1 with a 2.36 ERA.
Those outings included 66 strikeouts against seven walks in 42 innings, plus a seven-inning no-hitter and a franchise strikeout record, underscoring that his move was not driven by poor form.
MLB clubs still have not offered Bauer a return path after he last pitched in the majors in 2021 and served a suspension that was cut from 324 games to 192.
That penalty cost Bauer about $37.5 million of his $102 million Dodgers contract before Los Angeles released him, and he now returns to the Mexican club where he went 10-0 in 2024.