Trevor Bauer’s Performance Isn’t Up To The Mark Soon After Debuting At Japanese Baseball

Trevor Bauer’s Performance Isn’t Up To The Mark Soon After Debuting At Japanese Baseball

Trevor Bauer, a former Cy Young Award winner, is currently pitching for the Yokohama Baystars in Japan. One of the few circumstances the mysterious pitcher has been able to connect with has been a minor league club.

The Los Angeles Dodgers parted ways with the former ace last offseason following claims of sexual abuse and a protracted ban.

Despite the fact that Bauer finally was cleared of all allegations and continued to claim his innocence, no team was interested in signing him after his reinstatement in 2023. As a result, he travelled abroad.

He went to Japan because no team offered to add him. His debut went rather smoothly.

The 32-year-old started off strong on his debut, but in his two starts since, things have only gotten worse.

The Yokohama DeNA BayStars are the team that Bauer, the 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner, plays for. In March, he agreed to a one-year contract with a Nippon Professional Baseball side that, if incentives are met, could be worth up to $4 million.

Even so, Trevor Bauer’s debut drew a sizable crowd for the lower league squad, which seldom draws many fans. About 15 times more people watched their stream than usual.

But it seems like he is having a tough start in Japan after his prolonged absence from professional Baseball.

Although the former Cy Young Award winner has generated a lot of excitement in Japan, his performances thus far have not been up to par. Bauer has had difficulty pitching.

Only 69 pitches were used by Bauer, who gave up seven runs on eight hits, one walk, and one strikeout. With a two-run home run that was lost forever as soon as it made contact with the bat, Ryoma Nishikawa completely changed the course of the game in the first inning.

Bauer has given up at least seven runs in each of his last two starts after starting off strongly in his first one. His ERA for the year has soared to 8.40.

The BayStars did not allow another run, which served to highlight Bauer’s difficulties even more. Four relief pitchers combined to give up just three hits after taking over in the final seven innings.

Yokohama went on to lose 7-5.

 

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