Mexican League rules allow Bauer to pitch for the Diablos Rojos
Trevor Bauer was cleared to play in the Mexican League because he was not convicted for charges of sexual assault, according to the executive president for the Diablos Rojos club, Othón Díaz
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Trevor Bauer was cleared to play in the Mexican League because he was not convicted for charges of sexual assault, according to the executive president for the Diablos Rojos club, Othón Díaz.
Bauer, the 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner, is slated to play five games for Diablos Rojos that included a weekend exhibition against the New York Yankees.
The 33-year-old Bauer was given an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred in 2022 for violating the league’s domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy after a San Diego woman said Bauer beat and sexually abused, an accusation the pitcher denied.
An arbitration panel cut the suspension to 194 games, and Bauer was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers in January 2023. He spent last season with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Pacific League.
