Just when I thought the cold dark recesses of my heart couldn’t be lit by these meaningless two weeks of baseball ahead of us, Trevor Bauer goes and drops this, via MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian.
Bauer said he joked with Francona that he’s available to pitch tonight. Kidding aside, TB said he feels he is capable of executing in MLB games now. Bauer: “We’re close.”
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) September 18, 2018
Of course this could mean next to nothing, as Bauer is the same guy who will pitch at moments notice and was out throwing in a boot just days after a baseball cracked a bone in his ankle.