The Trevor Bauer is a Douchebag Thread

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

The "Administrative Leave" for Bauer has been extended from the initial seven days to an additional seven days.

Dodgers are also canceling a bobblehead day and removing all Bauer merchandise from online and team stores. As they should.

[Frayed Knot]

Former LAD Dave Stewart doesn't think the team has gone far enough so he is boycotting the planned 40 year celebration of the 1981 championship.

[Willets Point]

What about Annie Lennox?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Dave Stewart's line sums it up best:

"[Even if] it was consensual ... what kind of person would ever do that?"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... 865597002/

[Edgy MD]

I have no intention of not letting Dave Stewart get the moral high ground, but holding up the 1981 Dodgers as models is probably going to muddy the subject more than is necessary. Also, I'm not sure hanging today's Dodgers out to dry is the move to make either. Maybe the team let MLB take initiative with disciplinary matters, but that probably was the more expedient way to go. It's not like they pitched him in the interim.

What's a more interesting matter than Stew's involvement is that LAPD has indicated that it's turned into an expanding investigation, which leads me to suspect that either a ring has been uncovered or there are other victims or both.

I tend to suspect as well that Baueroutage has pitched his last game in 2021 — whether being kept from playing by the Dodgers or by the league. If and when he returns, and if and when he nonetheless collects on his contract are further matters that will keep lawyers busy, as are the potential criminal charges, but I sincerely hope the curtain has fallen on his 2021.

[Benjamin Grimm]

A dodged bullet.

[Ceetar]

A dodged bullet.

accidentally. Despite a large portion of people pointing out that someone was standing there pointing the gun and Cohen and Alderson were just like 'oooh, shiny'

[Benjamin Grimm]

Oh yeah. Definitely accidentally. They tried really hard to be struck by this bullet.

[Lefty Specialist]

Oh yeah. Definitely accidentally. They tried really hard to be struck by this bullet.

Absolutely. Steve and Sandy tried really hard but Bauer was just using them as leverage against the Dodgers. Lucky for us.

[Edgy MD]

D.A. declines to file charges. Bauer remains adamant that he did nothing wrong.

[Centerfield]

D.A. declines to file charges. Bauer remains adamant that he did nothing wrong.

Ok fine. Not a criminal. But still a deeply fucked up guy.

I don't know. I get the two consenting adults thing, but even if a woman asks to be beaten to that extent, you don't do it.

[Edgy MD]

I agree. He's contending that the injuries she presented were not of his doing.



(I'm not sure how far you can watch with such a nauseating guy, but he addresses the facts starting about 2:50. It's all pretty gross. "I never punched this woman in the face. I never punched her in the vagina.")

[nymr83]

Bauer is now suing the woman. pretty standard he-said she-said stuff just like before. Biggest thing I learned from his complaint is that she was apparently not just a 'random person' but a baseball groupie - she had previously had sex with Fernando Tatis (junior i assume)

[G-Fafif]

Trevor Bauer has been suspended without pay for the next two years by MLB, pending appeal. His administrative leave, which was with pay, does not count as time served.

[kcmets]

Trevor Bauer has been suspended without pay for the next two years by MLB

Holy moley...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Trevor Bauer has been suspended without pay for the next two years by MLB, pending appeal. His administrative leave, which was with pay, does not count as time served.

Wow! Is there any precedent for something like this?

[MFS62]

Trevor Bauer has been suspended without pay for the next two years by MLB, pending appeal. His administrative leave, which was with pay, does not count as time served.

Wow! Is there any precedent for something like this?

Not sure. When (IIRC)Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were "out of baseball" for their association with a casino, was that considered a suspension?

Later

[Gwreck]

Bauer is certainly going to appeal, and may well sue MLB as well. It could well be that they are starting here expecting that it could be “settled” for something less.

[Edgy MD]

I'd be surprised if he didn't sue.

Trevor Bauer IS a douchebag, but MLB's disciplinary process is something far less than transparent.

On the other hand, courts are typically inclined to keep their hands off if the process is part of the collective bargaining agreement. Who knows what's in the fine print — of the CBA and of his contract?

[Lefty Specialist]

Wow. Surprised MLB came in that heavy. I'm sure it'll be settled for less, but still....

Not that he's not a scumbag and doesn't deserve it.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Trevor Bauer has been suspended without pay for the next two years by MLB, pending appeal. His administrative leave, which was with pay, does not count as time served.

Wow! Is there any precedent for something like this?

Not sure. When (IIRC)Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were "out of baseball" for their association with a casino, was that considered a suspension?

Later

Well, Mays and Mantle weren't highly paid active players at the time of their banishment or suspension. That's the key difference here.

The Dodgers are saving a shit-ton of money if this holds up.

[Gwreck]

This is not legal advice, but: there are often limitations on the ability to sue when you are an employee under a CBA, e.g., the idea is that you have a grievance/appeal process under the agreement that your union collectively bargained for.

But Bauer has also hired a top flight litigation firm and has sued his accuser as well as a couple of different media outlets…so a suit against MLB, even if it had an inherent low chance of success, would not be a giant shock.

[nymr83]

Even if you believe the allegations Bauer is not the worst offender MLB has punished and yet he is getting BY FAR the biggest punishment ever. This smells of Manfred thinking some combination of "I want to set an example of a player and it just happens to be you!" and "How dare you not reach a settlement with ME the great and powerful commissioner! FEEL MY POWER!"

[Gwreck]

Disagree. Assuming the allegations are proven (under the standard for MLB investigations) then the punishment makes sense.

Because, assuming again the allegations have been proven, there is a total lack of contrition, as well as aggravating circumstances (eg. previous instances of poor judgment, imprudent/improper behavior on social media).

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Washington Post reporting similar allegations from another woman