Trevor Bauer to miss rest of season after MLB, MLBPA extend leave again – The Athletic

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer will miss the rest of the season, including the playoffs, as MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed to extend his paid administrative leave through to the end of the World Series, it was announced on Friday.

"Mr. Bauer agreed to extend his administrative leave through the playoffs in a measure of good faith and in an effort to minimize any distraction to the Dodgers organization and his teammates," Bauer's co-agents Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba said in a statement.

With Friday's decision, Bauers paid administrative leave was extended for the ninth time. The league initially placed Bauer on leave July 2 as it began investigating sexual assault allegations against him, stemming from two separate incidents with a woman at Bauer's residence in Pasadena, Calif.

The investigation being conducted by MLB remains active.

When asked Friday if Bauer would ever pitch again for the Dodgers, manager Dave Roberts said he had no idea.

Im just kind of focusing on the guys that are in the room and winning tonight," Roberts said. "I just really havent given any thought to that.

The Pasadena Police Department presented its investigation into sexual assault allegations against Bauer to the district attorneys office on Aug. 27. It is now up to the district attorney to decide whether the case will be filed or rejected.

"We have presented that case to the DAs office, and its currently under review," Pasadena PD Lt. Carolyn Gordon told The Athletic. There is no known timeline for when the district attorney's office will make its decision.

On Aug. 19, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied the woman's request for a long-term restraining order against Bauer.

After a hearing that lasted four days, Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman said that the 27-year-old San Diego womans petition seeking a domestic violence restraining order was "materially misleading," according to a report from the Associated Press. Gould-Saltman said Bauer followed the woman's boundaries when she set them, adding that he couldnt have been aware of the boundaries she didnt express to him, according to AP.

Bauer was present in court during the womans testimony but did not testify. His legal team said he would invoke the Fifth Amendment had he taken the stand.

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