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Trevor Bauer is desperately trying to make an MLB comeback, but it doesn’t appear that teams are interested.
Bauer, the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner, has not pitched in MLB since 2021, when he was suspended for 194 games by MLB’s Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.
Since then, Bauer has desperately tried to return but has not been signed.
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“I don’t know exactly what goes on behind the scenes. I have my suspicions, of course. All I know is what the pattern is that we see. I can’t tell you how many times, how many different teams we’ve talked to. They’re like, oh yeah, it’s done. We’ve talked with the front office, they’re on board. The players are on board, we’ve talk to PR, they’re onboard, we talk to ownership, they are onboard, we just got to get final approval. Keep your phone on, we’re going to call you and then… nothing happens for two or three days and we get a call back saying, hey, we can’t really talk about this, but sorry, it’s not going to work out. And when that pattern happens over the multiple different organizations, over multiple different years.”
On Friday, Bauer pleaded with MLB teams and offered to play in the minor leagues for $0.
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Hypothetical: You’re the owner of an MLB team. I offer to take $0 salary and sign a minor league contract and go to Low A.
If the “he sucks now” crowd is right and I get lit up, you cut me, lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.
If the “clubhouse cancer” crowd is right, you see it immediately at Low A and cut me. You lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.
If there’s massive negative PR, which we already know there won’t be, you just cut me and move on. The story is dead in a couple days, you lose $0, and there’s no risk to the big league club.
But, assuming none of those things happen, which they obviously wouldn’t, if you like what you see, you can promote me to AA and re evaluate me there. Then AAA. Then the big leagues. If I earn it, which you’d be 100% in control of deciding. If you don’t think I’m good enough, you lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.
You could take away my “antics”. You could take away my social media. You could ask anything of me. If I don’t comply, you cut me, lose $0, and there’s no risk to the big league club.
What logical reason is there to not do this? At worst, you cut me and there’s no risk to the big league club. At best, you get a Cy Young winner for $0 who you know can still pitch and could help the big league team if and when you see fit.
Bauer’s manager also blasted the MLB for ignoring Bauer’s current play in the Atlantic league.
Trevor Bauer Is Out Here Striking Out the Atlantic League Like It Owes Him Money — So What Exactly Does MLB Want From Him, a Blood Sacrifice? https://t.co/aw9UXX9rAR
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