Congressman says MLB is ousting Trevor Bauer due to Trump support, in letter to Rob Manfred

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Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO) wrote a letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, stating his belief that Trevor Bauer has been ostracized from the league due to his support for Trump.

Bauer was suspended for 324 games in 2021 for violating MLB's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. His suspension was reduced to 194 (representing the time he missed in 2021 while on administrative leave and the entire 2022 season), but he was still released by the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2023 season began. As a result, he played professionally in Japan in 2023 and in Mexico in 2024.

The majority of Bauer’s legal issues are behind him, and has maintained his innocence, settling with one accuser while another is facing 16 years in prison after being charged with fraud following the faking of a pregnancy and asking Bauer for money for an abortion.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer (27) looks on during an MLB game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants on May 23, 2021, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA.  (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

However, it has been almost four full years since Bauer last took an MLB mound, and Burlison is taking MLB to task as to why.

"Mr. Bauer was suspended for 324 games; the longest non-lifetime suspension in the history of the league, despite the fact that the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined to pursue criminal charges against him, citing insufficient evidence. . . ." Burlison wrote. 

"Given that no legal action was taken against Mr. Bauer, I am concerned his absence