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• Trevor Bauer: Returns to Japan

  02/18/2025 • By RotoWire

  Bauer signed a one-year contract with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball on Jan. 27. Bauer will be embarking on his second stint in Japan, after he spent the 2023 season with the BayStars following his release from the Dodgers in January of that year. The Dodgers cut Bauer loose shortly after MLB reduced his suspension from 324 games to 194 games following a successful appeal, and while the ban is now considered served, the 34-year-old right-hander hasn't seemed to gain any real momentum in his efforts to return to affiliated ball. He'll instead continue his career with the BayStars after he spent the 2024 campaign in the Mexican League, where he turned in a 2.48 ERA and 120:21 K:BB in 83.1 innings for Diablos Rojos del Mexico.

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• Trevor Bauer: Set to face Dodgers

  03/08/2024 • By RotoWire

  Bauer will pitch for the Asian Breeze against the Dodgers on Sunday, Jack Harris and Bill Shakin of the Los Angeles Times report. The Breeze is an independent team that has the purpose of getting lesser-known players in front of MLB scouts. Bauer has made his desire to return to the majors well known, but he has yet to gain much traction in finding a new opportunity. He's currently unsigned for the 2024 season after pitching with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 2023.

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• Trevor Bauer: Signing with Japanese team

  03/13/2023 • By RotoWire

  Bauer agreed Monday with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball on a one-year, $4 million contract, Yuki Yamada Sankei Sports reports. Bauer was released by the Dodgers in early January after he was made eligible for reinstatement following a reduction of his domestic violence suspension. He's now headed overseas to continue his baseball career after presumably not receiving any interest from major-league clubs. The 32-year-old may explore his options stateside following the 2023 season, but it's possible his MLB playing days are over.

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• Trevor Bauer: Cut loose by Dodgers

  01/07/2023 • By RotoWire

  The Dodgers designated Bauer for assignment Friday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. They will pay the remaining $22.5 million on his contract and he will become a free agent. The team could not find a trade partner leading up to this transaction, so the seven-day period to find a trade partner will just be a formality before he becomes a free agent and can sign with any other team for $720,000. Bauer last pitched June 28, 2021.

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• Dodgers' Trevor Bauer: Suspension reduced, gets reinstated

  12/23/2022 • By RotoWire

  Major League Baseball announced Thursday that Bauer's 324-game suspension was reduced to 194 games by an arbitrator, making him eligible for immediate reinstatement, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports. Bauer was handed the suspension on April 29, and though he proceeded to sit out the entire 2022 season, he opened a grievance against MLB in an effort to have the ban reduced. After a seven-month grievance process, a neutral arbitrator ruled in favor of Bauer, who will be given credit for the time he had already spent on the Dodgers' restricted list dating back to the 2021 season. Bauer will still have his salary docked through the Dodgers' first 50 games of the upcoming season, but with his suspension determined to have been completed, he's now eligible to pitch effective immediately. The Dodgers will have until Jan. 6 to decide if they will reinstate Bauer to their 40-man roster, but it's currently unclear if the organization intends to keep him in its plans.

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