Trevor Bauer signs with Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan

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Trevor Bauer signs with Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan after going unsigned in MLB free agency

Trevor Bauer, who was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers in January, has agreed to a one-year pact with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League, the team announced Monday. The contract, originally reported by Yuki Yamada of Sankei Sports, will pay Bauer $3 million (400 million Japanese yen) plus incentives.

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Bauer, 31, has not pitched in a Major League Baseball contest since June 28, 2021. He was subsequently placed on the restricted list while the league office and the Pasadena Police Department investigated an accusation that he had assaulted a woman. The Athletic's Britt Ghiroli and Katie Strang reported on the woman's allegations toward Bauer. "I agreed to have consensual sex; however, I did not agree or consent to what he did next. I did not agree to be sexually assaulted," she said. The Athletic's article contained graphic details from a restraining order request filed by the woman.

Police later announced that Bauer would not face criminal charges, but MLB's joint domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse policy affords commissioner Rob Manfred the right to levy a punishment if he saw fit, regardless of whether charges are brought or a conviction is handed out.

Manfred's inquiry into Bauer's situation resulted in a record 324-game suspension. This past offseason, an arbitrator ruled to shorten Bauer's suspension to 194 games, still the longest in the policy's history.

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