Trevor Bauer Reinstated by Arbitrator, Can Pitch in 2023A neutral arbitrator reinstated Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Thursday, effective immediately, reducing Major League Baseball’s banishment of 324 games, or roughly two full seasons, for violating the league’s domestic violence policy.
Bauer, 31, is now eligible to pitch in 2023.
The arbitrator did, however, uphold an unpaid suspension of 194 games—144 games he was suspended for in 2022 and an additional 50 games in 2023.
“While we believe a longer suspension was warranted, MLB will abide by the neutral arbitrator’s decision, which upholds baseball’s longest-ever active player suspension for sexual assault or domestic violence,” MLB said Thursday in a release. “We understand this process was difficult for the witnesses involved and we thank them for their participation. Due to the collectively bargained confidentiality provisions of the joint program, we are unable to provide further details at this time.”...
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