Trevor Bauer signs with Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan

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Trevor Bauer signs with Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan after going unsigned in MLB free agency

Trevor Bauer, who was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers in January, has agreed to a one-year pact with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League, the team announced Monday. The contract, originally reported by Yuki Yamada of Sankei Sports, will pay Bauer $3 million (400 million Japanese yen) plus incentives.

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Bauer, 31, has not pitched in a Major League Baseball contest since June 28, 2021. He was subsequently placed on the restricted list while the league office and the Pasadena Police Department investigated an accusation that he had assaulted a woman. The Athletic's Britt Ghiroli and Katie Strang reported on the woman's allegations toward Bauer. "I agreed to have consensual sex; however, I did not agree or consent to what he did next. I did not agree to be sexually assaulted," she said. The Athletic's article contained graphic details from a restraining order request filed by the woman.

Police later announced that Bauer would not face criminal charges, but MLB's joint domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse policy affords commissioner Rob Manfred the right to levy a punishment if he saw fit, regardless of whether charges are brought or a conviction is handed out.

Manfred's inquiry into Bauer's situation resulted in a record 324-game suspension. This past offseason, an arbitrator ruled to shorten Bauer's suspension to 194 games, still the longest in the policy's history.

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1. Dodgers owe Bauer his remaining salary of $22.5 million in 2023 ...

though according to the link, will be docked pay for 50 games at the start of the 2023 season stemming from the suspension.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35432861/with-no-trade-found-dodgers-release-trevor-bauer

This was the trade that got Bauer out of Cleveland:

Last night’s stunning three-team trade is now official. The Indians have traded star right-hander Trevor Bauer to the Reds, who sent back right fielder Yasiel Puig and lefty pitching prospect Scott Moss. Cleveland also added a trio of players from the Padres: outfielder Franmil Reyes, young left-hander Logan Allen, and rookie-level infielder Victor Nova. On the San Diego end of the swap, the Friars have landed much-hyped outfield prospect Taylor Trammell from the Reds. Amazingly, the finishing touch on Puig’s brief Reds career was his involvement in a dust-up with the Pirates, which actually went down after the trade agreement was reached. That finale may have edged out Bauer’s last impression as an Indian from Sunday.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/reds-to-acquire-trevor-bauer-in-3-team-deal.html

Victor Nova and Logan Allen are still in the minors. Puig, Moss, and Reyes are long gone.