Trevor Bauer took to social media to ask the MLB a very simple question after the league announced the reinstatement of Pete Rose.
Bauer, who was never found guilty of a crime, had some things to say after the news that Rose and the 1919 “Black Sox” had their lifetime bans lifted this week.
Now playing in Japan, Bauer took to social media and related the story of Rose and the Black Sox to his own situation, saying this on social media:
So, since Pete is welcome back now, does that go for everyone who has been blackballed? Or do you actually have to be guilty of something to qualify for that?
So, since Pete is welcome back now, does that go for everyone who has been blackballed? Or do you actually have to be guilty of something to qualify for that?
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) May 14, 2025
Bauer hasn’t pitched in the major leagues since 2021. In that same year, Major League Baseball would suspend him over a domestic violence allegation, and he ended up missing 182 combined games between 2021 and 2022. The Los Angeles Dodgers released him as a result of the allegations.
He was never charged with a crime, and the credibility of some of his accusers began to deteriorate. However, major league teams have stayed away, forcing him to continue his career elsewhere.
Trevor Bauer pitched for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan in 2023. Early in 2024, Bauer pitched briefly for Diablos Rojos del México.
Trevor Bauer Is Unlikely To Ever Get A Second Chance
On Wednesday, former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer spoke up on social media to deliver his statement one day after MLB took a big action with another ex-player, Pete Rose.
MLB formally took Pete Rose and a number of other deceased players off its list of players eligible for future reinstatement. The action was generally regarded as an attempt to put an end to longstanding arguments about punishments in the past.
Bauer is presently playing in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League. He has spent the last four years away from MLB, primarily for being accused of sexual assault in 2021.
Despite his words on X, it is unlikely that any team will give him the second chance he certainly deserves.
No team in MLB has signed him even after he was made eligible to play.