Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed to extend the administrative leave of right-handed pitcher Trevor Bauer for another seven days, preventing him from reporting to the Los Angeles Dodgers spring training facility.
Bauer spent the last four months of the regular season on administrative leave while contesting sexual assault allegations that he and his lawyers have denied. In August a judge dissolved a temporary restraining order that was sought against him by a woman who alleged he took consensual rough sex too far over the course of two encounters last April and May.
The L.A. District Attorney decided not to file charges against Bauer. MLB has yet to rule on a potential suspension and has yet to interview Bauer because of the new collective bargaining agreement that was reached on Thursday.
Bauer's lawyers have served a subpoena on the Pasadena Police Department to get the missing cell phone records of the woman that they say will ruin Bauer's reputation and career. The matter will be heard in L.A. Superior Court on April 4.
Bauer can make up to $47 million in 2022, despite spending half the season on administrative leave.
Prior to the revelation that Bauer had been placed back on administrative leave, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked if the pitcher would be in camp.
Roberts doesn't want to completely close the door on him being in spring training because he doesn't know enough.
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