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Trevor Bauer Accuses Indians of 'Character Assassination' in Arbitration Hearing

Starting pitcher Trevor Bauer expressed his displeasure Thursday with what he felt were unwarranted shots taken against him by the Cleveland Indians during their arbitration hearing.

Bauer won his arbitration case Wednesday and was awarded $13 million, but he told reporters that the Indians attempted to tear him down near the end of the process.

"They spent the last 10 minutes of the case trying a character assassination. I learned that giving to charity is a bad thing. I learned that agreeing with someone on a podcast just for the sake of argument that I was worth $10.