{"id":439643,"date":"2022-04-30T04:19:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T01:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mlbs-two-year-ban-may-end-trevor-bauers-career-who-earned-it\/"},"modified":"2022-04-30T04:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T01:19:06","slug":"mlbs-two-year-ban-may-end-trevor-bauers-career-who-earned-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlbs-two-year-ban-may-end-trevor-bauers-career-who-earned-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#MLB&#8217;s two-year ban may end Trevor Bauer&#8217;s career, who earned it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e58af4af1a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e58af4af1a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlbs-two-year-ban-may-end-trevor-bauers-career-who-earned-it\/#%E2%80%9CMLBs_two-year_ban_may_end_Trevor_Bauers_career_who_earned_it%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;MLB&#8217;s two-year ban may end Trevor Bauer&#8217;s career, who earned it&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMLBs_two-year_ban_may_end_Trevor_Bauers_career_who_earned_it%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;MLB&#8217;s two-year ban may end Trevor Bauer&#8217;s career, who earned it&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Jon Heyman\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trevor Bauer didn\u2019t draw anything close to the typical ban when MLB announced its ruling Friday. He received a virtual death penalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is the new SMU of Major League Baseball, the Tonya Harding, the Lance Armstrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only very likely less liked than any of those scoundrels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 324-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> suspension Bauer received from MLB on top of the 99 games he already has missed means in some sense he\u2019s getting more than double the penalty of the previous players accused of domestic abuse who were deemed the worst before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bauer was told Friday he can return after 2 1\/2 years away from a major league field, into the 2024 season, when he will be 33 years old, late middle age by ballplayer standards and his estimable skills presumably have withered away to next to nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barring a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal, and an owner who doesn\u2019t read the papers or respond to female fans, we may well have seen Bauer throw his final MLB pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Baseball was believed open to a somewhat lighter penalty, but Bauer\u2019s position to date is that he deserves no ban. Accountability is seen a plus. If there is any.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deny committing any violation of the league\u2019s domestic violence and sexual assault policy,\u201d Bauer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BauerOutage\/status\/1520117083954106370\">said on Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1323275755.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Trevor Bauer\" class=\"wp-image-22092395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1323275755.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1323275755.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1323275755.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1323275755.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trevor Bauer was given an MLB-record two-year suspension. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To draw this sort of ban, MLB has to think it has the goods on him, even beyond one woman\u2019s ugly accusations of repeated sexual abuse and certainly beyond what was heard in two courts of law, where Bauer was judged not to have been proven to do anything criminal. The Washington Post has reported there was a second accuser. MLB did a 10-month investigation, and there\u2019s nothing to conclude beyond commissioner Rob Manfred\u2019s belief that Bauer doesn\u2019t deserve much of a career anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Bauer has some sort of point, but we won\u2019t know that until the appeals process plays out. His case will be heard by independent arbitrator, which is only fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>MLB made deals with domestic abusers in the past, but as we stand here today there is at least a 324-game gap in opinions, and maybe 423 if one throws in the games he already has missed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bauer is a fighter off the field, too. He is suing The Athletic because he didn\u2019t like their articles. He may sue MLB, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of today, more chance he ends up in a court of law than a Major League Baseball field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even if Bauer prevails legally, does anyone really want him in their clubhouse? I know teams are desperate for pitching, especially high-end starters with elite stuff, and he is not a criminal in the eyes of the law. Yet, it\u2019s still hard to imagine any team will take on such a despicable character.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mets and Dodgers seriously battled for him only a couple of winters ago, and Steve Cohen is thanking his lucky stars every day that Bauer preferred to go home to LA after giving the Mets the idea he was probably coming to Queens. Word is, in only a half year in that Dodgers clubhouse, he managed to alienate many key players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the strongest possible terms, I deny committing any violation of the league\u2019s domestic violence &amp; sexual assault policy. I am appealing this action and expect to prevail. As we have throughout this process, my representatives &amp; I respect the confidentiality of the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trevor Bauer (\u30c8\u30ec\u30d0\u30fc\u30fb\u30d0\u30a6\u30a2\u30fc) (@BauerOutage) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BauerOutage\/status\/1520117083954106370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Had he not been banned beyond the expiration date of his regrettable, $102 million contract, the Dodgers, conscious of public opinion and the world around Chavez Ravine, may well have cut him (they declined comment on that score, as has everyone in this case). As it stands, Dodgers people probably feel almost as lucky as Cohen does now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even before this ugly episode of alleged abuse, we already knew Bauer was a reprehensible individual reviled by many past teammates. Gerrit Cole, his former rotation mate at UCLA, is the most public figure who has no use for Bauer, who always has taken the baseball expression \u201con his own program\u201d to an extreme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, being standoffish or even selfish does not draw the baseball death penalty. Even acting like a jerk does necessitate he sit out even one game \u2014 much less the rest of his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Dodgers-Bauer-Assault-Allegations-Lawsuit-Baseball.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Trevor Bauer\" class=\"wp-image-22092460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Dodgers-Bauer-Assault-Allegations-Lawsuit-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Dodgers-Bauer-Assault-Allegations-Lawsuit-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Dodgers-Bauer-Assault-Allegations-Lawsuit-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Dodgers-Bauer-Assault-Allegations-Lawsuit-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trevor Bauer<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the combo of the accusations and the reputation sinks him in the court of public opinion. MLB gets only applause and plaudits for a call like this. Beyond his own statement, and that of a few amateur lawyers and professional trolls on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, there was barely a word of support for one of baseball\u2019s formerly good pitchers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His agent and lawyer both are abiding by the confidentiality agreement. It\u2019s telling, though, that virtually no one else who knows him is stepping forward with an encouraging word for Bauer, or even a criticism of MLB, normally an easy target. MLB takes plenty of beanballs, but on this one it gets a standing O.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly proud of MLB,\u201d prominent female agent Lonnie Stewart said by phone. \u201cI had prepared myself for disappointment. And it\u2019s painful because it\u2019s triggering. Many of us women in the game applaud baseball leadership today. Today, knowing we may never have to watch him on a mound playing the game we love is very satisfying.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>MLB\u2019s previous high penalty for domestic abuse was a season-long ban given to reliever Sam Dyson, who was accused of rape and battery in a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend. Even Hector Olivera, who drew a jail term after being convicted in a court of law on a misdemeanor domestic assault charge, only got 81 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MLB has taken the issue more seriously than other major sports, but the penalties seem to have grown harsher with the times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though neither side is saying anything about the facts of the case, we have to assume there is more to the story \u2014 maybe more witnesses, maybe more females who say they were wronged by Bauer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The early belief is that MLB was much more impressed than the two courts by the testimony of the one young lady who alleged that Bauer abused her during a sexual encounter, humiliating her and hurting her. What she alleged was deemed not criminal, but it was heinous, even if a court didn\u2019t think it even warranted the temporary restraining order against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Outside a court of law, where standards are high, few could seriously defend what he was alleged to do. But a question now is whether those incidents with that young lady and whatever else was found warrant a virtual death penalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ban on its surface seems severe. But it\u2019s probably the safest play MLB can make. And maybe the only play for this loathsome loser.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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