Trevor Bauer Won't Return To Dodgers This Season

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What had evolved into an inevitability became an official ruling Friday, when Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to extend Trevor Bauer's administrative leave through what remains of the 2021 season, a league official told ESPN.

Bauer, who has been away from the Los Angeles Dodgers since MLB first began a separate investigation on July 2, will remain on administrative leave for the rest of September and all of October. MLB is not expected to decide on a potential suspension until the offseason, people with knowledge of the situation have said.

Bauer has been accused of sexual assault by a San Diego woman who stated in a request for a temporary restraining order that he choked her unconscious on multiple occasions, sodomized her without consent and punched her all over her body over the course of two sexual encounters at his Pasadena, California, home on April 22 and May 16, the latter of which left her with injuries that prompted medical attention. The woman said the encounters were initially consensual -- including a request to be choked unconscious, as depicted in messages between her and Bauer -- but stated during a lengthy testimony that Bauer took it too far.

Bauer will continue to be paid his agreed-upon salary while on administrative leave and can earn as much as $47 million in 2022 (a $32 million salary plus a $15 million opt-out for 2023), though a potential suspension would affect what the Dodgers ultimately owe him.

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