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23.12.2022 - 05:35 / deadline.com
Trevor Bauer, the L.A. Dodgers pitcher who was serving a two-year suspension, was reinstated to Major League Baseball today by an arbitrator.
Bauer’s suspension, originally slated for 324 games, now amounts to 194 games. Bauer is eligible to resume playing immediately, but the Dodgers will have to mull whether they want him back. They have 24 days to decide if the former Cy Young award-winner will be worth the bad publicity.
The suspension of Bauer was baseball’s longest since adopting a domestic violence policy. Bauer was accused of punching and choking a woman into unconsciousness during two sexual encounters. He has claimed all acts were consensual and filed defamation lawsuits against his accuser and her attorney.
The 31-year-old pitcher has repeatedly denied the claims, insisting the acts were consensual. He filed defamation lawsuits against his accuser and her lawyer, claiming they filed a false police report in which she claimed he “sexually assaulted her during their second sexual encounter by choking her unconscious on two occasions, punching her in the face and vagina repeatedly and scratching her face.”
MLB will not fight the arbitrator’s decision.
“While we believe a longer suspension was warranted, MLB will abide by the neutral arbitrator’s decision, which upholds baseball’s longest-ever active player suspension for sexual assault or domestic violence,” MLB said in a statement.
Bauer last pitched in 2021 after winning the Cy Young award in 2020. He signed a three-year deal worth $102 million with Los Angeles before the 2021 season.
MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred Jr. said Friday that, following an extensive investigation by the league’s Department of Investigations, “Bauer has received a suspension for 324
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