Trevor Bauer pitches vs. Dodgers prospects in exhibition game - ESPN

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Trevor Bauer's first time facing stateside professional hitters in nearly three years occurred on a backfield of the Los Angeles Dodgers' minor league complex Sunday afternoon while pitching for a barnstorming, pay-to-play team called the Asian Breeze.

Bauer, once handed the longest suspension in the history of Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, pitched three scoreless innings against a lineup of Dodgers minor leaguers, some of them well-regarded prospects.

Later, Bauer, 33, lamented not getting another opportunity in the major leagues.

«I mean, if you think about it, I should have the opportunity to sign with a big league team,» Bauer told a scrum of media members shortly after his outing. «I'm just asking for the league minimum, so it's not a money thing. I've served my suspension twice over. I've been cleared of everything in the legal system. If you think about it logically, there's really no reason I shouldn't have a job. But I don't. So it is what it is. We'll see how it plays out. I don't want to predict the future. We'll see.»

MLB handed Bauer an unprecedented 324-game suspension in April 2022, nearly 10 months after he was first placed on administrative leave over sexual assault allegations. An independent arbitrator, retained by both MLB and the MLB Players Association, reduced Bauer's suspension to 194 games near the end of that year, prompting his eventual release from the Dodgers.

Bauer spent the 2023 season pitching for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan after receiving no interest from major league teams. He has publicly pined for another opportunity on several platforms this offseason, saying he would be willing to pitch for the major league minimum. Teams have thus far