Trevor Bauer: We shall never speak of this again… well, at least not much or not very soon. The appeal process will begin and there will be a lot of machinations and posturing and misinformation. In fact, once the suspension was announced, I stopped believing anything. The MLB PR Machine has cranked up. We hear there may be a third accuser. Was there really a second accuser? You are free to do whatever you want, but I will not believe one thing the media or a blog says UNLESS I HEAR IT WITH MY OWN EARS. The misinformation mongers are out in full force at the behest of Rob Manfred and MLB. This is where the disinformation really starts. I can’t believe either side right about now.
There will be an appeal – we will see where that takes us, but after that, it is more likely that we see a lawsuit by Bauer served upon Manfred and MLB… if he loses. This is not going away easy or quick. It is likely to get really ugly. Then, there is the possibility that someone gets paid to say that “Yes, Bauer did that to me too.” Yes, that could be true. It could also be a lie. They do stuff like that in politics all the time. There’s a trial starting in a couple of weeks that may lay bare that kind of lying. Stay tuned… now quit talking about it! 😉 There is probably a lot we don’t know… and we don’t know if what we don’t know is even true. This has the potential of being the biggest debacle in MLB History! Thank you, Rob Manfred! Criminal Defense Attorney Sara Azari explains the problem with what Manfred just did. I will predict (without all the info) that MLB and Manfred will lose and be disgraced! Watch and Learn.
I for one, am sick of it, but it ain’t going away. I never cease to be amazed how with some people, as soon as they swear an oath, the truth stops! At any rate, at this juncture, we know what the Dodgers rotation is made up of and there is no Trevor Bauer on the horizon. Buehler, Urias, Kershaw, Gonsolin, Anderson, then Heaney, maybe May (in August), Pepiot, Miller, or Knack (the last three being long-shots, except Pepiot. The Dodgers are #1 in starter ERA and just .03 behind the Tigers in Bullpen ERA. The Dodgers are a half run a game ahead of the Mets in Team ERA at 2.14 – they have a 0.97 WHIP and the league is hitting .186 against the Dodgers. Heaney should be back, but Tyler Anderson has a 2.55 ERA. All of the Dodger starting pitchers have an ERA of 2.65 or below. Right about now, I am pretty happy with the Dodgrs starters and Anderson and Gonsolin have the promise of getting even better.
Tony Gonsolin throws too many pitches. That we know. He knows it too. Julio Urias used to nibble and throw too many pitches as well… until he didn’t. It takes time nd repetition. We have seen flashes of what Tony Catman can do… just give him time. I mean, my God, he has a 1.59 ERA. His WHIP is only 1.18, so lopping of a walk here and a walk there fixes the problem. Patience.
I am not saying that Ryan Pepiot is ready for the rotation, but last night, he went 6 innings at OKC. Here was his line:
- 6 IP
- 6 H
- 2 ER
- 2 BB
- 7 K’s
- ERA is 1.66
Maybe he is not ready to start, but he is ready to pitch out of the bullpen. That said, he will stay as a starter in OKC unless they need him if disaster strikes. If he can morph one of his breaking pitches into a weapon, then he will be a starter. If not, he will be an outstanding reliever. Speaking of outstanding relievers, should we not call the Dodger Bullpen, “The Nasty Boys?” I think it is appropriate as all their stuff is “NASTY!”
Minor League Notes & Notables
- Omar Estevez is struggling mightily with the bat at OKC (.108 BA). He might be someone the Dodgers work into coaching or a teaching position, but the door is closing on a MLB Career, absent a miracle.
- Justin Hagenman is unscored upon in 4 innings at AAA, with 6 K’s. He is a worthy arm, but there are lots of pitchers ahead of him.
- John Rooney, Mark Washington, Nate Robertson, and Austin Drury combined for a 2-hit shutout at Tulsa last night.
- Great Lakes improved their record to 9-10 last night as Eddys Leonard continues to heat up (2-5).
- Diego Cartaya (.167) got a double last night at Rancho Cucamonga. So far his hits have been few and far between. Jose Ramos continue his torrid hitting (.328/5 HR/1.103 OPS)
Discussion (31)
Disagree, not disagreeable
This is not the greatest lineup of all time. 4 starters down around the Mendoza line, including their 300 million dollar superstar. Lux, and Taylor and now Bellinger again slumping. Bellinger 0-19 since being selected player of the week. Losing to the Tigers? Out hit 10-4? Please. And Roberts made a blunder in my mind. 2 on one out, Barnes due up. Two lefty bats on the bench, one a power hitter who could get them close with one swing and he sticks with Barnes who on the first pitch grounds into an inning ending DP> DUMB EFFEN BASEBALL DAVE!
Fulmer was on same Vanderbilt team as Walker and was drafted before. I’m thinking Carson will be given a chance to start at some point. This could be another great signing by Friedman!
I just heard (from a good source) that MLB offered Bauer “Time Served” and he said “FU.”
So, they threw 2 years at him knowing full well it will not stick. He is the only one suspended under this policy who has not agreed with the findings and accepted what they want.
The ONLY ONE!
I can see all kinds of issues here…
In fact, I can see it reduced to “time served” – but Bauer will not accept that either.
DODGERS RECALL ZACH MCKINSTRY, SELECT CARSON FULMER
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled infielder/outfielder Zach McKinstry, selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Carson Fulmer, optioned right-handed pitcher Andre Jackson and placed right-handed pitcher Mitch White on the Covid IL.
McKinstry, 27, will be recalled for the third time and he is 0-for-1 in one game with the Dodgers. In 15 games for Oklahoma City, he is batting .361 (22-for-61) with three doubles, four triples, one homer and 10 RBI. In two Major League seasons with the Dodgers, he has hit a combined .217 with 10 doubles, seven homers and 29 RBI. He was originally drafted by the Dodgers in 33rd round of the 2016 First Year Player Draft out of Central Michigan University.
Fulmer, 28, has appeared in eight games for Triple-A Oklahoma City, posting a 2.31 ERA (3 ER/11.2 IP) with 12 strikeouts and an opponents’ batting average of .128. The former Vanderbilt alum has spent parts of six Major League seasons with Chicago-AL (2016-19), Detroit (2020), Baltimore (2020) and Cincinnati (2021) and he is a combined 6-9 with a 6.41 ERA (93 ER/130.2 IP) and 118 strikeouts in 74 games (15 starts). He signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers on December 8, 2021.
Jackson, 25, did not appear in a game in his first stint with the Dodgers. In three starts for the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate, he went 0-0 with a 0.84 ERA (1 ER/10.2 IP) and nine strikeouts. He made his Major League debut last season with the Dodgers, appearing in three games, allowing three runs in 11.2 innings, and striking out 10. He has been with the Dodgers organization since being drafted in the 12th round of the 2017 First Year Player Draft out of the University of Utah and he is a combined 15-12 with a 3.43 ERA (110 ER/288. 2IP) and 327 strikeouts in 68 minor league games (64 starts).
White, 27, has appeared in four games for the Dodgers this season, going 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA (4 ER/8.0 IP) and eight strikeouts this season. In three seasons with the Dodgers, he is a combined 2-3 with a 3.59 ERA (23 ER/57.2 IP) and 59 strikeouts. The Northern California native was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2016 First Year Player Draft out of Santa Clara University.
Bobby Miller, after 4 IP:
1 H
1 BB
1 R
7 K’s
I’ll take it!
Hey Mark, I agree with BandP. Your minor league updates are great. This is a lot more work for you and I want you to Know that I, for one, appreciate it.
If you looked at the stat sheets for the Dodgers’ starting line up, before last nights game, you would have seen 2 players with a 0 in the HR column. Thankfully, Justin and Chris got rid of those 0’s last night. Let’s hope that those HR’s are the 1st of many more.
9 up – 9 Down by Miller, including 5 K’s.
Bobby Miller – 6 Up, 6 Down
James Outman with a HR!
Enough Bauer BS! It’s in the hands of three individuals and a possible court case for the immediate future of Trevor. I’m sure both sides will come well prepared with their arguments and possible witnesses. We all have our opinions, but there’s not a DAM thing we can do about the ultimate outcome. Move on!!!
Bobby Miller starts for AA Tulsa tonight and Kendall Williams, part of the Ross Stripling trade who was recently promoted from Rancho starts for A+ Great Lakes.
SPClayton Kershaw L
3-0 2.65 ERA 23K
Confirmed Lineup
RF Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
SS Trea Turner R
3B Max Muncy L
DH J. Turner R
CF C. Bellinger L
LF Chris Taylor R
2B Gavin Lux L
C A. Barnes R
Clear-day
0% Rain
68° Wind 5 mph Out
The advise the other day was. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. At the very least Bauer is an absolute idiot and a pervert for putting himself at risk like this. It’s his own doing and I don’t feel the least bit sorry for him. We’ve got lots of great players and guys to root for. Glad to be rid of him!
“He also defended Donald Trump, spread an anti semetic conspiracy theory, mocked transgender people and defended the Cleveland Indians logo.”
That is a hit job by Hernandez. Very long on accusations and short on substance. People who have no cogent argument love that stuff.
It was pure drivel!
Stop it now.
Because people don’t seem to know what a political post is, I will break it down.
I read this:
“He also defended Donald Trump, spread an anti semetic conspiracy theory, mocked transgender people and defended the Cleveland Indians logo.”
Despicable Him.
I read this in the paper today, so it must be true.
He defended Donald Trump. This is a horrible thing? Why, because you like him? Half the country likes him and if you think the Democrats cheated in the election by mass mailing ballots to everyone because of COVID, but still let everyone go to Costco, then more than half the country likes him.
spread an anti semetic conspiracy theory – This is what comrad Dylan is hashing up again and Trevor’s response.
Checked Twitter to see a bunch of people making ridiculous accusations.
1) I wrote BD 91.1 on the mound. It’s a personal thing of importance to me.
2) it’s completely unrelated to the senseless tragedy we endured on September 11 and it pisses me off that anyone would think that
So, you are basically perpetuating a lie by reposting it.
Here’s how he “mocked transgender people”
One of Bauer’s offenses was making a transphobic joke, which will need explaining for those who aren’t “extremely online.” Nikki wrote to Bauer, “Maybe you should act like the PROFESSIONAL you are, and like the 27 year old MAN you are, and not harass me for 14 hours. You are a horrible human.”
Bauer responded, “I identify as a 12 year old. This is 2019. You have to have empathy for my situation. Those are the rules”.
Wow, he told a bad joke and this being framed as mocking transgender people? No he made a bad joke to a transgender person. Big freaking deal. Most everyone here says shitty things to others on this site. I don’t care if they are in a protected class. Being shitty is being shitty no matter who the target is.
And I don’t need to comment on the Cleveland Indian logo that I had on my little league u8 team.
That was a very misleading politically charged quote that greatly exaggerates Bauer’s missteps as crimes against humanity.
You are an idiot for reposting it and most of all putting any kind of backing towards it as some kind of truth. So FU and your political posts. We all agree not to post political nonsense, but you keep doing it under the guise that it was just a quote. You are a hack and a fool if you believe you’re bullshit. I don’t.
Now stop doing it.
And just one thing on Bauer: whatever he is or isn’t, whatever he’s done or hasn’t done, this has to be taking an devastating toll on him mentally and emotionally and finally most probably physically. In the end his own reckless behavior is to blame. It seems most people have had enough, and I can’t fault anybody for that reaction, given his own seeming lack of empathy for anybody. May all the truth come to light and the pieces fall where they may.
Watching the Dodgers so far, I can’t see ANY team beating them in a best of seven. Stay relatively healthy and GO ALL THE WAY.
Bums brings up a good point.
MLB has spoken to Bauer through this process and knew all along that he wasn’t going to accept any lengthy suspension, or maybe even any suspension, regardless of length, at all. I read somewhere that Bauer would not agree to anything that took his right to appeal.
So MLB, throws the book at Bauer, and gets to look good to the “Me too” crowd and gets to avoid any accountability by letting the arbitrators settle things. They also give the arbitrators a starting point of 2 years to counter Bauer starting point of no suspension, and now the arbitrators get to see how to get to the middle with both parties saving face.
Regarding Ohio Dodger’s comment above, I don’t think there is a possibility that the suspension can be ruled retroactive to June 2021.
The panel either decides to let it stand the way it is, or reduces it, but any ruling would only be from yesterday on. I don’t think the paid leave can be altered since MLB’s ruling was that the suspension begins yesterday.
Anyone who knows the rule book better than I do want to disagree with that?
I wonder if the Dodger’s FO made a deal with MLB. They would pay Bauer his 2021 salary without complaining in return for two years of salary relief and no PR hit or legal consequences for having to decide whether or not to release him.
BTW if you haven’t read Jeff’s latest post about Amaya you should. It looks like there is another good option besides Turner or Lux for our future SS.
Write this down, don’t forget:
If Lux doesn’t make another mistake on his throws to first base until September, then he’ll show up again with his narrative of Lux and his yips.
It will be crouched, like a hunter, waiting for the right moment.
Dominique said: get over it!!!
If the Bauer suspension is ruled to be retroactive to June of 2021 on appeal, do the Dodgers recoup the money paid to him during 2021 and the beginning of 2022?
One final word on Trevor Bauer:
He is not a person I would like to be around. I admire only his work ethic.
If he did what these women allege, then being kicked out of baseball is not enough. He needs to be in prison.
OTOH, if he is not guilty, those women should be in prison.
Ponder this: I personally know of a High School Principal who was accused by two Freshman Girls of Fondling them. A few days later, they admitted it was not true. They were just mad at him for something at school. The only problem was that they admitted the truth too late to prevent his suicide! False accusations happen and they frequently ruin lives too.
Genius or chicken, Manfred is deferring to arbitration to decide if Bauer returns to baseball. Harder for those who are sick of Bauer to complain that MLB allowed his return.
Those of us that stood behind Lux staying at second seem to, for now, have more vision than those who only see yips.
I thinkTB’s suspension was horribly extensive but I’m not at all surprised. It’s time to
move on from the situation and enjoy the salary relief.
I’m also fairly certain the Dodgers FO and legal team were in constant contact with the commissioner and probably lobbied for the extensive suspension. They don’t have to take TB back and avoid the PR nightmare with fans, avoid the difficulty of re-introducing TB back into the clubhouse.
The appeal process will take a great deal of time and TB will never pitch in a Dodger uniform again and the Dodgers brain trust is good with that.
Stop fat shaming Moronta! He’s in shape, round is a shape! His jersey looks loose compared to the one he wore in his first outing. Maybe he went on the no dairy diet, he eats the cow instead!
I’m starting to really love this guy. I think I have an affinity for the David Wells body type. Bartolo Colon would be proud.
Damn Mark, these minor league updates are just awesome!
It’s crazy that we run out of pitching every year. Pepiot and Miller might be able to help. Jackson, the forgotten man, needs to get some work. White could probably start on many teams. Burroughs and Taylor might turn it around. When you have so many options, one or two might just show up when they’re needed.
Clayton is going to set the all time strikeout mark tonight. It’s going to be fun watching it in front of the Dodgers faithful. I sure thought he was injured during the offseason.
Did I mention how much I detest Manfred?
Patch is awfully quiet after his team lost two in a row.
The Angels have the league’s top offense by OPS, but the Dodgers are still best by runs per game.
The Dodgers have the best pitching in the league and it isn’t even close.
Lux made a couple of great plays, crickets. He throws one away and he has the yips and needs to be an outfielder.
This team is just warming up and hasn’t even come close to hitting it’s stride yet. I just hope the pitching holds up until all those minor leaguers work out their kinks. This is a very special team.
I know all the closet Giants fans think they’re going to replay last year, but it just isn’t going to happen. Watch and see grasshoppers. They’re gonna be buried by the all star break.
Superman Joc just went down with a groin problem. That’s going to be enough to cool him off, I’ve seen this before. He’ll return as the Joc Pederson we all know too well.
Brandon Crawford isn’t ever going to be A-Rod again and Posey is retired. Ruf is back to being a journeyman. I’m more concerned with the Padres and the Rockies. I see a fourth place finish for the Giants. You heard it here first.
Our Bullpen is second in the league right now even though two or three of our best bullpen arms are on the IL and our closer can’t get into games because there aren’t any saves situations. This pen will be historic!
The offense is running like a v12 in need of a tuneup. Enough to get the job done, but just wait until they’re firing on all cylinders.
My dream match-up is watching Daniel Vogelbach vs Reyes Motonta while I’m eating at a buffet.
Your ears? What about our ears? What about our eyes?
I read this:
“He also defended Donald Trump, spread an anti semetic conspiracy theory, mocked transgender people and defended the Cleveland Indians logo.”
Despicable Him.
Plaschke is right. Time for the Dodgers to cut ties with this guy…. and extend Turner
Kudos for old Carol Burnett imagery. “As the Stomach Turns” fits a sleazy real-life soap opera that gets sleazier with each new report.
We don’t just need to “hear” there’s a third accuser. We can read about her (and Bauer’s response) in the Washington Frickin’ Post, so it’s not just something rumored about in the blogosphere. Bauer says everything was consensual. At any rate, the kinky pattern dates back to 2013. Instead of she said/he said, it’s now Bauer’s word against the word of three accusers. That’s a bigger problem for Bauer–and a bigger PR problem and moral dilemma for the MLB and Dodgers, especially here in the “#metoo” era.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/29/trevor-bauer-abuse-accusations/
As the ‘s historic MLB “debacles” go, I say Bauer’s troubles rank below the rampant steroid abuse and, harkening way back, the Black Sox. More recently, how about the Trashtros?
As of yesterday, Bauer is persona non grata to me. Other fish to fry now. Lux did a decent job at 2nd last night. Once again they hit some shots that did not go out. The new baseball sucks.
I will say I liked very much how Bazooka rebounded after last outing.
Reyes pitched very good although everybody is waiting to the shirt button to burst off.
Good to see the back to back good plays in the 9th by Lux. Believe or not, that was a situation in which everyone will think the yipps will resurface.
Hoping we get run support behind Kersh. Sorry to sound somewhat pessimistic. ( in both ends)