Trevor Bauer

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Trevor Andrew Bauer (born January 17, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He has played in baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Cleveland Indians. Bauer played college baseball for the UCLA Bruins, winning the Golden Spikes Award in 2011.

He was the third overall pick of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft by the Diamondbacks and made his MLB debut in 2012.

During the 2012–13 offseason, the Diamondbacks traded him to the Indians.

He was traded to the Reds by the Indians before the trade deadline in the 2019 season.

Early life

Bauer was born in North Hollywood, California, on January 17, 1991. Bauer was captivated by baseball pitchers like Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, and John Smoltz from a young age. Warren and Kathy paid for pitching lessons from a private tutor, and in his free time, he'd like to pitch against the fence of a local tennis court. Bauer had few classmates in school and was subjected to bullying for his obsession with baseball. He continued to train at William S. Hart High School in Santa Clarita, Texas, and spent the summers at a baseball camp in Texas. Bauer set a 2.1 percent earned run average (ERA), a 98 percent win-loss record as a junior, and his fastball reached speeds of up to 92 km/h. Hart's last high school game was a playoff shutout against Canyon Springs High School, who lost 4–0. Bauer decided to leave early in his junior season, in part because he disagreed with so many of his teammates, including future Major League Baseball (MLB) player Mike Montgomery.

Personal life

Bauer, besides pitching, is interested in marketing the game of baseball, particularly in reaction to what he sees as negativity from sports commentators during games. Momentum Films, a video production firm based in 2019 aims to tell the stories of professional baseball players as well as their off-field personalities. Bauer records YouTube video blogs about baseball and runs a podcast called Bauer Bytes in comparison to Momentum, which has a content partnership with FOX Sports.

Bauer announced "69 Days of Giving," a charitable effort that would give a set amount of $420.69 USD to 68 charities chosen by his supporters after receiving a higher salary than expected during an arbitration hearing in 2018. The final charity, which Bauer selected, will receive a $69,420.69 USD donation. Max S. Hayes High School in Cleveland, Ohio, received the final donation on June 5, 2018. Bauer selected his donation amounts based on the connotations surrounding the numbers 420, which is often associated with cannabis culture, and 69, which is an oral sex position. He believes that running a campaign based on sex and drug references would help to raise funds for the charities.

Bauer has expressed many of his political convictions on Twitter. He describes himself as a free market capitalist and social liberal. Though Bauer did not vote in the 2016 United States presidential election, he has expressed his personal support for Donald Trump, who said he would "shake up the system." He has previously voiced his love for 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney and chastised former President Barack Obama. Bauer accused Apple and Twitter of ostensibly supporting a liberal media bias, including climate change denunciation, skepticism that Obama was born in the United States, and a defense of the Indians' mascot Chief Wahoo, who has been chastised as a racial caricature. Bauer accused the Indians of banning his Twitter use in order to silence his political speech in 2018.

Bauer, who has been described as "highly online" by NBC Sports reporter Bill Baer, has also been chastised for participating in cyber bullying of those who disagree with his views. Bauer referred to a female college student who referred to him as her "least favorite person in all sports" by tweeting at her over the course of 12 hours and encouraging her followers to partake as well.

Bauer was under scrutiny for the suspected murder of a San Diego woman last May, according to news outlets on June 30, 2021. On June 28, the woman was granted a provisional domestic violence restraining order, alleging that she met Bauer on April 21 and that she had been physically and sexually assaulted by him on two separate occasions. The woman argued that Bauer had sodomized her without knowledge, punched her in the chest, and choked her to the point of unconsciousness. She went to the emergency room at Alvarado Hospital, where, after her injuries were examined, she talked with several detectives from the San Diego Police Department. Bauer was put on administrative leave on July 2, but the Dodgers deleted his merchandise from his team store and replaced it with a Clayton Kershaw "World Champion T-shirt" campaign on July 2. Bauer has admitted to being sexually involved with his accuser, but he has said that their experiences were "completely consensual" and that his accuser sent him a text message demanding that he inflict pain on her; he has denied some of the allegations. Bauer was detained on a civil hearing from August 16 to August 19. Bauer did not appear at the hearing and did not testify.

Bauer's provisional restraining order against him was suspended on August 20 after a judge ruled that she did not pose a danger to her immediate safety. MLB suspended his employment for the remainder of the season until they and the Pasadena Police Department complete their probe into Bauer. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced on February 8, 2022, that they would not press charges against Bauer as a result of this incident, citing a lack of evidence. Bauer filed defamation cases against Deadspin, The Athletic, and Molly Knight, a former reporter for The Athletic in March 2022. He filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman who had accused him of assault and one of her attorneys the following month. Bauer, through his lawyer, dismissed his accusers' lawsuit on September 13, 2022, the day after the suspected assault took place. Bauer's lawyer claims the video shows his innocence and shows his defendant "willingly in bed with a sleeping Mr. Bauer," and is "smirking and uninjured."

Though Bauer was under scrutiny in 2021, the Washington Post revealed that court documents reveals that a separate woman from Ohio had requested a temporary order of protection in June 2020. According to police, the woman accused Bauer of physical assault in 2017 and that she had requested a warrant of protection after receiving death threats from the pitcher. Bauer denied the additional charges and said that the Ohio woman had threatened him and physically assaulted him. During MLB's probes, a new accuser came forward who admitted violence during his time with the Indians.

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College career

Bauer went from high school to study mechanical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He played for Gerrit Cole in the UCLA Bruins baseball team in the same class. Cole told him that they had "no future in baseball" when they first met, according to Bauer. Bauer led the team to nine victories and a 2.99 ERA during their freshman season in 2009. With a pitch of 105+1/3 innings pitched, the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year has been named. He played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in five games, three of which were starts, and struck out 24 batters in 17+13 innings.

Cole and Bauer combined in 2010 to get the Bruins off to a 10–0 start, the best start to the season since the school began keeping track in the 1950s. Bauer had a 2.45 ERA in his first ten games, and he and Cole had 49 strikeouts in 32+2/3 innings. The Bruins continued their winning streak through the games until April 3, when the Stanford Cardinals were able to capitalize on Niko Gallego's fifth-inning slip, beating UCLA 8–4 and giving Bauer his first loss in over a year. UCLA won in a 10–3 win over Texas Christian to lead UCLA to its first-ever College World Series Championship Series. In the best-of-three series, they were swept by South Carolina.

In 2011, Bauer set a number of UCLA records as a junior. He hit out his 329th college batter in a complete game shutout of the University of Southern California on March 26, beating Alex Sanchez's career record from 1987. He won in a 4–0 win over the Arizona Wildcats on April 16, his 28th victory in his career, gaining a 28—7 record and usurping Sanchez as the UCLA all-time champion. He led the school with 460 strikeouts, 34 victories, and 373+13 innings pitched by the end of the season. Bauer was the winner of the National Pitcher of the Year Award, which was given to the College Baseball Foundation at the end of the year. He was also the first UCLA grad to win the Golden Spikes Award, which is given each year to the top amateur baseball player in the United States.

Professional career

Although Cole was expected to finish first overall in the 2011 MLB Draft, Bauer's success during the 2011 NCAA season saw him rise among MLB scouts. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Cole first overall, as predicted, while Bauer moved to the Arizona Diamondbacks two picks later. It was the first time two college teammates were drafted first and third overall in the same MLB draft since 1978. On July 25, he joined the team and was then assigned to the California League's Class A-Advanced Visalia Rawhide. He made only three appearances with Visalia, pitching 14 innings and allowing three runs before being promoted to the Double-A Mobile BayBears in August. Bauer made his Mobile debut on August 16, knocking out eight batters and allowing five hits in five innings of work. In Mobile's 13–6 victory over the Jacksonville Suns on August 20, Bauer win for the first professional baseball victory. Bauer went 1–1 with a 7.56 ERA in four starts with the BayBears this year, taking out 26 batters in 16+2/3 innings of work.

Bauer, the Diamondbacks' top-rated prospect and the ninth overall prospect in MLB, began the 2012 season. He was invited to the Diamondbacks' spring training and went 1–0 in ten Cactus League innings. Bauer was unable to displace Josh Collmenter in Arizona's starting rotation, and he was assigned to Mobile shortly before opening day. He got off to a good start for Mobile, going 7-1 for a 1.68 ERA and striking out 60 batters in 48+1 innings before being promoted to the Triple-A Reno Aces on May 17. He led the Southern League in wins, strikeouts, and ERA at the time of his promotion. Bauer had been selected to pitch in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game, but he was forced to be replaced by Tyler Skaggs due to a major league call-up. He had an 11-1,1 record, and a 2.23 ERA between Reno and Mobile at the time.

The Diamondbacks called Bauer up from Reno on June 27, 2012 to replace an injured Joe Saunders. He was scheduled to begin the next day, becoming the first member of the 2011 draft class to make his MLB debut. Despite beating the Atlanta Braves 3–2, Bauer earned a no-decision in his major league debut, pitching four innings before suffering a groin strain that required him to leave the mound. As the Diamondbacks eventually defeated 7–1, he won his first game on July 8, limiting the Los Angeles Dodgers to six scoreless innings. Bauer was sent back to Reno, where he was suspended for a period of two weeks to protect his health during his first full season of professional baseball. He played for the Aces during the season and helped the Aces win their first Pacific Coast League and Triple-A baseball championships. Bauer didn't make a decision in the championship match against the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League, conceding two runs in 4+2/3 innings. Bauer's first 15 batters and a 2.85 ERA earned him a 5–1 record and a 2.85 ERA in 14 innings, knocking out 97 batters in 82 innings.

Bauer, a three-team, nine-player trade between Arizona, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Cleveland Indians was completed on December 11, 2012. Bauer, Tom Albers and Bryan Shaw of the Cleveland Indians, and Reds outfielder Drew Stubbs joined Cleveland, who in turn sent Shin-Soo Choo and Jason Donald to Cincinnati, and Lars Anderson to Arizona. Didi Gregorius was also traded by the Reds to the Diamondbacks, as a result. Miguel Montero, Bauer's former Diamondbacks batterymate, revealed that he had trouble finding the young pitcher after the trade. Bauer, according to Montero, ignored his pitch calling and would "tell [Montero] how to do [his] work." Bauer "had a really tough year" with Arizona, according to Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall, who apologised for his behavior toward several veteran players. Bauer's former coworker, "You Don't Know Me" a rap song on SoundCloud in February.

Bauer started retooling his pitching delivery after the 2012 season, and the Indians' spring training program with the intention of "overwrit[ing] eight to ten years of neuromuscular education." He was not part of the Indians' 2013 opening day roster but was instead part of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers' starting rotation. He was activated on April 6 for a game against the Tampa Bay Rays, giving up a career-high seven walks in a 6–0 loss. Bauer's fastball command struggled throughout the season, and when MLB rosters increased from 25 to 40 in September, Bauer was not included among the new 15. He played in four major league games this season, a 1–2 record and a 5.29 ERA, while striking out 11 batters in 17 innings. Bauer was 6-7 with an ERA of 4.15 in his 22 starts for Columbus, whereas he was 8–7 with a ERA of 4.15. During the 2013–14 offseason, he continued to work on his pitching mechanics, blaming his bad results on poor tactics that he had picked up after suffering his groin injury in Arizona.

Bauer was recalled by the Indians to Columbus at the start of the 2014 season, allowing him to become more comfortable pitching in the organization. On April 8, he received his first call-up of the season, beginning in his second game against the San Diego Padres. Despite scoring eight strikeouts, he lost the game, but Columbus continued to progress. Bauer earned his second call-up of the season on May 20, after swapping Danny Salazar for a game against Detroit Tigers ace and Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander. Bauer won by two runs in seven innings of the 6–2 victory, giving up only two runs. Bauer's best change of his season was limited walks: his base rate dropped by 9.9% to 3.4 on June 24, an improvement over his previous 8.5 BB/9, which he attributed to hamstringing out his mechanics. Bauer got off to a 4.3 ERA and striking out 143 batters in 153 innings in 2014, getting a 5–8 record and striking out 143 batters in 153 innings.

Bauer was called to the Indians' opening day roster for the 2015 season, joining Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, Zach McAllister, and TJ House in the starting lineup. Bauer stumbled in his first 9+1 innings of the month after a strong April in which he went 2–1 with a 4.19 ERA. Bauer hit his first batter as a batter on June 16, delivering a leadoff single against Chicago Cubs Jake Arrieta. He later admitted that he "didn't think [he] ever get a career hit" and that he had closed his eyes when making contact with the ball. He played his first major league complete game, a 2–1 loss to the Kansas City Royals, who pushed Cleveland to an eight-game losing streak at home on July 28, the longest in 40 years. Bauer continued to struggle with home runs, and he was moved to the bullpen on September 17, with Josh Tomlin and Cody Anderson filling in the starting rotation. He had an 11-12 record and a 4.55 ERA, as well as 170 strikeouts in 176 innings. Bauer was also in walks for the American League (AL) in 1979.

Despite a good spring training campaign, with Bauer scoringless innings in his last Cactus League appearance, the Indians have assigned Bauer to the bullpen for the 2016 season, with Anderson and Tomlin remaining in the rotation. Bauer replaced Carrasco after suffering a leg injury on April 25, but the rotation was a lot easier. Bauer's fastball command on the mound was helped by the trade's acquisition of catcher Chris Gimenez from the Texas Rangers on May 4. Roberto Pérez, the backup catcher who had fractured his thumb, was brought on to replace backup catcher Roberto Pérez. Bauer became Bauer's regular catcher from then on, with Bauer going 3-1 in his first nine appearances with Gimenez as his batterymate. His second complete game came on June 22, with a three-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays, giving the Indians a six-game winning streak. Bauer had a 12–8 record, a 4.26 ERA, and 168 strikeouts in 35 games (28 starts) and 190 innings of work in the regular season. Bauer was supposed to start Game 2 of the 2016 American League Championship Series (ALCS) against the Toronto Blue Jays, but he sustained a fractured pinkie finger of his right hand when attempting to repair a homemade drone as the Indians advanced to the playoffs. In Game 3, he underwent stitches for the injury and got off the ground, but MLB has banned pitchers from using Band-Aids on their hands, and the wound was re-opened on the mound. Bauer only pitched 21 runs before being replaced by Dan Otero. Bauer began Games 2 and 5 of the 2016 World Series, losing both games and posting a 5.40 World Series ERA since the Indians won the ALCS. For their first championship title in 108 years, the Chicago Cubs won the Series in seven games.

Bauer agreed to a one-year, $3.55 million contract with the Indians, twice as much as he had earned during the previous season. Bauer's first two months of the 2017 season were a disappointment, with 11 home runs and 38 earned runs in his first ten appearances. He called the first half of the season "miserable" and was often ill when he was supposed to begin because "didn't sound like [he] was contributing to the team." Bauer's season came to an end on June 16, his first game after the All-Star Game break, when Bauer allowed four runs, three hits, and two walks before being dismissed from the game in the first inning. Bauer, who turned his season around by posting a 10–1 record and a 2.60 ERA in his last 14 starts, was turned around. He did a good job at limiting the risks of home runs against him, including the percentage of solo shots to multi-run home runs. Bauer had a 17-9 record and a 4.19 ERA in 32 games, as well as a 196 batters in 176+13 innings. Manager Terry Francona argued with ace Corey Kluber to get Bauer off the ground in Game 1. Bauer had eight strikeouts in the game, three of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, and was able to hold a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Bauer's 5+1 3 no-hit innings set a new Indians postseason record; before that, Bob Feller and Early Wynn had gone five no-hit innings in both the 1948 World Series and the 1954 World Series. In five games, the Yankees wound up winning the series.

Bauer estimated that he had pitched a total of 40 practice innings with UCLA alumni in order to produce a new slider for the 2018 MLB season during the 2017-18 season. Bauer was second in the AL with a 2.24 ERA, third with 175 strikeouts, and third with 4.5 wins Above Replacement in the first half of the season. In the AL Central, the Indians, meanwhile, were 7.5 games behind going into the All-Star break. Bauer was originally scheduled to start the tenth inning for the AL team, but manager A. J. Hinch later allowed J. to start. The Toronto Blue Jays' A. Happ would attempt the save. Bauer's bid for the AL Cy Young Award was put on hold when he took a line drive to the leg from José Abegu on August 11 during a game against the Chicago White Sox. An MRI revealed a stress fracture that required a walking boot and four to six weeks of recovery time, causing injury and swelling, and an MRI revealed a stress fracture. Bauer started pitching again on September 22, giving Cleveland management a 1+1/3 innings of relief against the Boston Red Sox so that Cleveland administration could decide whether or not he'll be able to start in a potential postseason appearance. The Houston Astros had a lead in the 2018 ALDS but were able to sweep the Indians after Bauer made two throwing mistakes in Game 3 of the series, converting a 2–2 game to an 11–3 victory over Houston.

Bauer went 14 innings in his first two starts of the 2019 season, striking out 17 batters and leaving only one out for one hit. Bauer was the first pitcher in MLB history to start a season with back-to-back starts of five or more innings while giving up one hit. Bauer's ERA increased to 3.79 with the Indians, but he later admitted that he was only healthy for one third of his starts. In the fourth inning of his fourth game of the season, an uncomfortable throw may have partially torn the ligaments in his ankle, and when he changed his position to compensate for the injury, he began suffering back spasms. Bauer became ill after recovering from the injury and threw a ball against the Kansas City Royals on July 28, becoming ill, and he lost the game. After the game, boss Terry Francona, who arrived on the mound to pull Bauer from the game, became outraged with the gesture, and Bauer apologized afterwards, calling the situation "childish" and "unprofessional."

Bauer was acquired by the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres in a three-team trade on July 31, 2019. The Reds drafted prospect Taylor Trammell from Cincinnati, Franmil Reyes, Logan Allen, and Victor Nova from San Diego, while the Padres sent prospect Taylor Trammell from Cincinnati and Franmil Reyes, Logan Allen, and Victor Nova from San Diego's Victor Nova. Bauer's debut was rocky, lasting only 4+2/3 innings, throwing three runs on seven wickets, walking three batters, and striking another batter with a pitch. He got off to a slow start with a strong performance over the Chicago Cubs, knocking out 11 batters as Cincinnati defeated 5–2. Bauer was still a tumultuous force in the Reds' starting lineup: he made his first ten starts with the new team, posting a 2.39 ERA and 12 home runs. In five of those first ten starts, he allowed five or more earned runs. Bauer was dissatisfied with his own results, referring to the back half of the season as "one step forward, two steps behind." In 34 starts between Cleveland and Cincinnati, he went 11-13 for the season and 213 batters in 213 innings, tallying out 253 batters in 213 innings.

Bauer avoided arbitration before the 2020 baseball season by committing to a one-year, $17.5 million deal with the Reds on January 10, 2020. Bauer became dissatisfied with the absence of play as the season progressed, first due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then as talks between the league and players' union reached a deadlock, saying that the suspension had done "irrible harm" to the game of baseball. Bauer was unable to post a career-best year in 73 innings, despite hitting out 100 batters in 73 innings. Bauer started pitching on short rest, rather than every fifth day, as the regular season came to an end. Bauer was selected to start the Reds' National League Wild Card Series against the Atlanta Braves in a 7-2/3 loss. After 11 innings of play, Bauer became the first pitcher to last seven or more innings with no runs, fewer than three hits, no walks, and 12 or more strikeouts. He also set a Cincinnati record for the most strikeouts delivered by a pitcher in the playoffs. Although Atlanta defeated Cincinnati in the Wild Card series, Bauer overcame Yu Darvish of the Cubs and Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets in their vote for the NL Cy Young Award. He was the first pitcher for Cincinnati to be voted on; prior to 1961, the Reds were the only active MLB team to have never boasted a winning pitcher. Bauer turned down the Reds' $18.9 million qualifying bid on November 4, 2020, making him a free agent, but he said he was still open to rejoining the team.

Bauer courted offers from a number of MLB franchises, eventually turning down a New York Mets contract in order to join the Los Angeles Dodgers on February 5, 2021. After the 2021 and 2022 MLB seasons, the Dodgers committed Bauer to a three-year, $102 million contract with opt-out options. There had been some questions raised over Bauer's social media usage, including two instances in which women accused Bauer of bullying them online. Bauer's shady image was evident, but the Dodgers were able to ignore it in favour of his pitching skills, according to Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Times, "He is who he is." You know what you're getting, and therefore I'm not worried about it. "It doesn't bothered me" says the author.

Bauer was put on administrative leave on July 2, 2021, pending an internal investigation into alleged sexual harassment charges made against him. Bauer had an 8-5 record and a 2.59 ERA in 17 starts, as well as 137 strikeouts, and he led MLB with 107+231 innings pitched and 137 strikeouts. On September 10, MLB and the players union decided to extend Bauer's contract into the remainder of the 2021 season; previously, the extensions were made on a week-by-week basis.

Bauer's probe into him was postponed due to the 2021–22 MLB lockout, and he began the 2022 season on administrative leave as the probe continued. Bauer will be suspended for 324 games, equivalent to two seasons, without compensation, for a breach of the league's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse policy, which was released on April 29, 2022. It was the longest non-lifetime suspension in MLB history. Bauer became the first player to appeal a suspension under the league's domestic violence policy, which came into place in 2015.

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