Upon signing Trevor Bauer, the Dodgers cited a thorough vetting process; now Bauer's career as a Dodger is in limbo. How a $102-million risk went wrong.
MLB doesn’t need to wait for criminal investigation to end before deciding whether sexual assault allegations warrant suspending Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer
Starting pitching didn’t appear to be a need last winter. The rotation looked stacked with Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw, Julio Urías, Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin. Veteran left-hander David Price was returning after opting out of the 2020 season because of coronavirus concerns. that would pay Bauer $38 million this season and included $32-million player options for 2022 and 2023.
Trevor Bauer, pitching for UCLA in the College World Series in 2010, attended Hart High in Santa Clarita and grew up as a Dodgers fan.“I used to sit in the bleachers right over there as a kid, watching [batting practice] with my dad and listening to Vin Scully on the radio,” Bauer said during his introductory news conference. “I’ve been a longtime Dodger fan and couldn’t be more excited to be here with the group we have.
Kershaw and Buehler said their conversations with Bauer focused primarily on pitching — how to process and utilize advanced statistics, how to attack certain hitters and different grips with which they might experiment. “He has conversations with one guy, with four guys,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said as recently as May 31. “He’s different, but he likes to talk baseball, and I love it, because typically, as you guys have seen, our guys don’t sit around and talk.”
The Times has not been able to authenticate messages cited by the woman in the restraining order request or by Bauer’s attorney.The Dodgers unnecessarily signed a pitcher with a history of making troublesome decisions when they already had the best team in baseball.
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