American professional baseball pitcher Trevor Andrew Bauer[1] was born on January 17, 1991, and is now a free agent. He has played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, and Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Bauer graduated from William S. Hart High School a year ahead of schedule and enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) after dominating as a pitcher for three seasons. As sophomores in 2010, he and fellow ace Gerrit Cole guided the UCLA Bruins to a 22-game winning run and a berth in the College World Series. Bauer took home the National Pitcher of the Year Award and the Golden Spikes Award the following season. He was chosen third overall by the Diamondbacks in the 2011 MLB Draft. The following June, Bauer made his major league debut, becoming the first player from his draft class to make it to the big leagues.
In the 2012 season, Bauer had disagreements with his teammates in the Diamondbacks. He was dealt to the Cleveland Indians in December of 2012. After an injury in 2012, he spent the first two seasons there refining his pitching strategy and fixing his mechanics. After making his debut in the MLB All-Star Game in 2018, Bauer’s career trajectory was disrupted by a stress fracture that held him out of the rotation until the conclusion of the season. By 2016, he had established himself as a reliable force in the Indians’ starting rotation. Although Bauer had a difficult 2019 campaign, both with Cleveland and Cincinnati, he rebounded from this performance by winning the Cy Young Award for the first time in the 60-game 2020 MLB season, making history as the first Reds player to do so.
Bauer, who was a free agency following the 2020 campaign, agreed to a three-year deal in February 2021 with the Dodgers. Up until July 2, he was the league leader in innings pitched and strikeouts. However, the MLB placed him on administrative leave for the remainder of the season as they looked into charges of sexual assault against him, and this investigation persisted into the next season. The league declared on April 29, 2022, that Bauer would miss 324 games due to their enquiry; however, on appeal, the suspension was subsequently lowered to 194 games. On January 12, 2023, the Dodgers chose not to add him back to the active roster and released him. Bauer then signed a contract with the BayStars.
