Trevor Bauer, who was released by the Dodgers last year, pitched in an exhibition game for a Japanese tryout club called Asian Breeze. Bauer, who has faced accusations of sexual assault, threw three scoreless innings and reached 99 mph with his fastball.
For the first time since he was released by the Dodgers last year, Trevor Bauer returned to Camelback Ranch on Sunday afternoon. A glamorous reunion, it was not. On a nondescript backfield, against prospects from all levels of the Dodgers minor league teams, and with an unrecognizable black and red uniform draped over him, Bauer pitched in an exhibition game for a team called Asian Breeze — a Japanese tryout club for players hoping to land professional contracts.
The 32-year-old tossed three scoreless innings and, he was told, clocked 99 mph with his fastball on the field’s Trackman system. The awkwardness of the occasion, however, was nonetheless impossible to ignore. Over the last three years, Bauer has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, though he was never charged with a crime. In 2022, he received the longest suspension under MLB’s domestic violence policy, even after his initial 324-game ban was reduced to 194 games by an independent arbitrato
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