Overview

• Trevor Bauer criticized MLB on social media after Pete Rose’s reinstatement, questioning the league's fairness in handling banned players.
• Bauer, suspended for 324 games (later reduced to 194) under MLB’s domestic violence policy, has not played in the league since 2021.
• Despite completing his suspension, Bauer remains unsigned by any MLB team and is currently pitching in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League.
• Bauer was never criminally charged in the sexual assault cases against him and has offered to play for the league minimum salary.
• Pete Rose’s reinstatement makes him eligible for Hall of Fame consideration, a contrast that Bauer highlighted in his critique of MLB’s policies.