An independent arbitrator has reduced Dodgers righthander Trevor Bauer’s 324-game suspension for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy to 194 games, according to someone familiar with the decision. The ruling essentially gives Bauer credit for time served—he has not pitched since June 2021 while on administrative leave and then suspended—and reinstates him immediately. The suspension remains the longest for domestic violence in league history. (The previous record was a one-season ban of free-agent pitcher Sam Dyson in March ’21.)
MLB suspended Bauer in April for two full seasons after a nine-month investigation, spurred when a woman filed a petition seeking a restraining order against him on June 29, 2021.