The representative Eric Burlison (R-MO) wrote a letter to the MLB commissioner, Rob Manfred, affirming his belief that Trevor Bauer has been sentenced to the ostracism of the league due to his support for Trump.
Bauer was suspended by 324 games in 2021 for violating joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy. His suspension was reduced to 194 (representing the time he lost in 2021 while he was on administrative license and the entire 2022 season), but the Los Angeles Dodgers still released him before the 2023 season began. As a result, he played professionally in Japan in 2023 and in Mexico in 2024.
Most Bauer’s legal problems are behind him, and has maintained his innocence, establishing himself with an accuser, while another faces 16 years in prison after being accused of fraud after the falsification of a pregnancy and asking Bauer for an abortion for money.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, Trevor Bauer (27), observes during a MLB game between the Dodgers of Los Angeles and the San Francisco giants on May 23, 2021, in Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
However, almost four full years have passed since the last time Bauer took a mlb mound, and Burlison is taking MLB to the task of why.
“Mr. Bauer was suspended by 324 games; the farthest life suspension in the history of the League, despite the fact that the Los Angeles County District Office declined to present criminal charges against him, citing insufficient evidence …”. Burlison wrote.
“Since no legal measures were taken against Mr. Bauer, I am concerned that his absence may be linked to certain political statements that caused them to diverge from the orthodoxy of the prevailing league, as well as the statements that made them criticism about the MLB and particularly you. Specifically, in 2016, Mr. Bauer, Mr. Bauer, expressed his public opinion, Mr. Candidate J. Trump, including comments from social networks. expanded.
Trevor Bauer, #96 of Red Devils, launches during the spring training game between Red Devils and the New York Yankees at Alfredo Helu Helu stadium on March 24, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Manuel Velásquez/Getty images)
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“Given the moment and severity of Mr. Bauer’s suspension, it is reasonable to question whether MLB actions were more influenced by their political and critical positions on [Manfred] and MLB that for the accusations against him, which since then have been undermined by judicial review and probative deficiencies. ”
Bauer, who once said that “may have no other option” but to sue the League for its expulsion, told Pak Gazette Digital in an interview last year that he had never done anything “criminally”, but that he still had to look in the mirror and work in himself after the accusations.
“Anyone who is willing to sit with me and listen: I would like to play the second half of my career in a better way I played the first half,” Bauer told Pak Gazette Digital. “I would like to be an example that I can make mistakes, recognize them, adjust and then be better in the future. I think that is something like humans we have to do and we should be doing constantly.”
In a combined combination of 28 openings in the 2020 short covid season and its abbreviated campaign of 2021, its effectiveness was a tiny 2.24, and struck out 11.8 batters for nine entries with a whip of 0.92. He was appointed winner of the Cy Young 2020 NL award.
Trevor Bauer, #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers, heated before the match against Rockies Colorado at Dodger Stadium on April 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Harry How/Getty Images)
Bauer and Lindsey Hill, who accused the pitcher of hitting her and abusing sexually in 2021, resolved their case at the end of last year. Bauer revealed texts by Hill, who had said that Bauer would be his “next victim”, among other condemnatory messages. Since then, Hill has said that MLB has more evidence of Bauer’s supposed behavior.
