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Whether he wants to admit it or not, Trevor Bauer is never going to pitch again Major League Baseball. The one-time Cy Young Award winner saw his career go up in flames in 2021 after allegations of sexual assault which led to additional women making similar claims.
Since then, Bauer has tried (and failed) to rehab both his career and his image. Though it’s abundantly clear now that even if Bauer were not an alleged clubhouse cancer, he just no longer has the stuff to be effective in the Major Leagues. But Bauer is proving yet again that denial is much more than just a river in Egypt.
He recently appeared on the “Wealthy Way Podcast” with Ryan Pineda and discussed his career downturn. As part of the discussion, Bauer alleged that he missed out on hundreds of millions dollars due to the sexual assault claims.
“I didn’t get paid 37 and a half [million dollars] from the Dodgers,” Bauer said. “At the time I was earning an average annual value of $42 and a half million a year. And I had ten more years where I could pitch at a high level. Not including inflation, probably 300 or 400 [million] in future career earnings that I don’t have a chance to earn now.”
Now, here’s where that all falls apart. Bauer was known risk even before the first allegations in 2021. Los Angeles Dodgers played mentioned this shortly after he signed. So this type of thing was destined to happen eventually. But even more than that, Bauer just isn’t good at baseball anymore.
His pitching stats in the Mexican league are eye-popping. But the quality of the Mexican league is somewhere between High-A and Double-A ball.
For the sake of context, 41-year-old Robinson Canó was the league’s top hitter last season. Cano’s last MLB season was in 202. He batted .150 with a .373 OPS. Meanwhile, Cano hit .431 with a 1.114 OPS last season in Mexico.
So no, Trevor you didn’t lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars. You’re just not good anymore on top of being an allegedly bad human being.