Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer signing one-year deal in Japan
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TOKYO (AP) — Yokohama DeNA BayStars supervisor Daisuke Miura — a former pitcher with the Japan Central League crew — warmly welcomed Trevor Bauer’s signing with the membership.
The 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner was launched by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Jan. 12, three weeks after an arbitrator diminished his suspension imposed by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred from 324 to 194 video games. The penalty adopted an investigation into home violence, which the pitcher has denied.
“I’m so excited, and I think the world reaction is going to be tremendous,” BayStars supervisor Miura mentioned, talking in Japanese. “I consider a really highly effective pitcher is coming who will improve our probabilities for successful the championship.”
In the video posted on the membership web site, Miura signed off with two phrases in English — “See you.”
In an analogous signing, former MLB reliever Roberto Osuna — who acquired a 75-game suspension for violating the foremost league’s home violence coverage — signed final season with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Bauer additionally performed up his signing in a video message. Season-opening video games for Japanese golf equipment are March 30-31.
“Playing within the NPB has all the time been a dream of mine and I can’t consider a greater group to do it with,” Bauer mentioned in an announcement Monday, referring to Nippon Professional Baseball.
The BayStars mentioned Bauer will put on uniform No. 96.
“To all the BayStar fans out there — I am so excited for the opportunity to be part of the great team we have this year and to try to bring home a championship,” Bauer mentioned. “And to all of the Japanese baseball followers on the market — I can’t wait to see you guys out on the stadium quickly. Please come say hello and assist me study extra about your nice nation. See you guys quickly!”
Bauer is owed about $22.5 million from the rest of his $102 million, three-year contract with the Dodgers. The suspension has price him roughly $37.6 million in wage.
Manfred suspended Bauer final April for violating the league’s home violence and sexual assault coverage, after a San Diego lady mentioned he beat and sexually abused her in 2021. Bauer has maintained he did nothing fallacious, saying that every thing that occurred between him and the girl was consensual.
Bauer was by no means charged with against the law.
The gamers’ affiliation filed a grievance on Bauer’s behalf, and a three-person panel headed by Martin Scheinman dominated Dec. 22 that Bauer violated MLB’s coverage and docked his pay for the primary 50 video games of 2023, masking a part of the interval the pitcher was on paid go away in 2021 and ’22.
Bauer joined his hometown Dodgers earlier than the 2021 season and was 8-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 17 begins earlier than being positioned on go away.
In February 2022, Los Angeles prosecutors determined to not cost Bauer for allegedly beating and sexually abusing the San Diego lady as a result of they mentioned they had been unable to show her accusations past an affordable doubt.
The lady, who was 27 on the time, mentioned Bauer choked her into unconsciousness, punched her repeatedly and sexually assaulted her throughout two sexual encounters.
The Associated Press doesn’t sometimes determine individuals who say they’ve been victims of sexual assault.
Bauer mentioned in a video posted on YouTube after the prosecutor’s resolution that he and the girl engaged in tough intercourse at her suggestion and adopted tips they agreed to prematurely. Each encounter ended along with her spending the evening at his Pasadena house, he mentioned.
“The disturbing acts and conduct that she described simply did not occur,” he mentioned on the time.
The lady had sought a restraining order, however a decide denied it. The decide discovered that Bauer honored the girl’s boundaries when the girl set them, and couldn’t have identified about these he violated as a result of she didn’t specific them clearly.
Bauer was an All-Star in 2018 and is 83-69 with a 3.79 ERA in 10 seasons for Arizona (2012), Cleveland, (2013-19), Cincinnati (2019-20) and the Dodgers. He gained the NL Cy Young Award with Cincinnati throughout the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
