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Is it time for the Miami Marlins to sign Trevor Bauer?

The Miami Marlins need a starting pitcher and there's a former Cy Young winner available for the league minimum.

Last updated: October 9, 2024 6:59 PM
By Published March 11, 2024
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The Miami Marlins are facing some injury issues in their lineup.

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The argument for signing Trevor BauerThe baseball argument against signing Trevor BauerThe off-field argument against signing Trevor BauerHas MLB ‘blacklisted’ Bauer?What should Miami do?  

Already facing the likelihood of not having Braxton Garrett to open the season due to shoulder soreness and with Max Meyer and Sizto Sanchez working their way back from injuries, the Marlins had to watch on Sunday as Edward Cabrera left the field during warmups for Sunday’s game due to what the team is calling “right shoulder tightness.”

We looked at some of the free agent options that were available earlier this morning, but there’s one notable name we didn’t address in that piece because it warrants a larger discussion: Trevor Bauer.

The 2020 Cy Young Award winner recently admitted he’d play for league minimum as he attempts to restart his career after serving MLB’s longest domestic violence suspension in the history of the policy, at 194 games.

Let’s have a discussion about it.

The argument for signing Trevor Bauer

The baseball argument for signing Trevor Bauer is pretty obvious: He’s a former Cy Young winner who would conceivably have a higher ceiling than most of the veteran minimum options still on the market at this time in spring.

Bauer, who is 33 years old, has a 3.79 ERA in his ten seasons, and he won the 2020 Cy Young with a 1.73 ERA in 11 starts for the Cincinnati Reds. He led the league in several categories, including complete games (2, both shutouts), ERA+ (284) and hits per nine innings (5.1) while also leading the National League in ERA and WHIP (0.795).

His 2023 season, his first with the Los Angeles Dodgers, was shaping up to be a good one as well, with Bauer sitting at 8-5 and a 2.59 ERA across his first 17 starts when he was placed on paid administrative leave.

And, having dominated Dodgers minor leaguers in an exhibition yesterday, it’s obvious that he’s still in pretty decent baseball shape.

He’s arguably more accomplished than many of the other options that could be signed at this point in spring training for a similar price, with several veterans either not having the pedigree of Bauer or being significantly older at the moment than Bauer’s 33.

The upside of signing Trevor Bauer is obvious.

The baseball argument against signing Trevor Bauer

Bauer spent last season pitching in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Yokohama BayStars (where he shared a rotation with now-Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga.) It was a good season for Bauer, as well, as he went 10-4 with a 2.76 ERA in his 19 starts, covering 130.2 innings with 130 strikeouts to only 31 walks.

Bauer was named to the NPB All-Star Team, earning the spot as part of the league’s ‘plus one’ fan vote.

But many have questions about the quality of competition in Japan, with Berkley University’s Sports Analytics Group determining that the typical pitcher moving from NPB to MLB seeing an increase of around 1.2 runs in ERA off of their historical NPB performance.

It is, admittedly, not a strong argument against Bauer, who has plenty of MLB experience and has been working this offseason at staying prepared for a return to Major League Baseball.

The off-field argument against signing Trevor Bauer

The off-field arguments against Bauer take two forms: his reputation in baseball before the suspension, and the allegations against him that led to the suspension.

Bauer has been a somewhat controversial figure, one that has strained relationships in the sport. Some people took issue with his unusual training regimen, while others – the league office, namely – have found him combative and unusually outspoken on issues like “sticky stuff” or encouraging online harassment of various social media users with whom he had an issue.

(It’s important to note that these experiences aren’t universal – Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts, for instance, who shared a clubhouse with Bauer in 2021, called him an “awesome guy” and expressed support for Bauer’s return to Major League Baseball.)

And then, of course, there’s the abuse allegations. Bauer was put on administrative leave in June 2021 and then investigated by the Pasadena Police Department for allegedly assaulting a woman earlier that year. No criminal charges were ultimately filed, and civil suits between the two parties were settled without any money exchanging hands and neither party admitting wrongdoing.

While there are other allegations against Bauer, there are no pending court cases, hearings, or charges against him.

Has MLB ‘blacklisted’ Bauer?

It sure seems like it! For instance, MLB.com has compiled a list of all free agents from the offseason, updating it as guys sign deals. Guess who isn’t listed? Trevor Bauer.

Julio Uras, the Dodgers pitcher who was arrested for domestic violence, placed on administrative leave, and later not criminally charged, is on there.

Why not Bauer?

Is it because of his reputation? The sticky-stuff dispute? We don’t know, and probably never will for sure.

What should Miami do?  

That’s up to Peter Bendix to decide. Bauer’s acknowledged that whatever team signs him will take an initial PR hit, and that’s part of the reason he’s asking for only the league minimum – for the ability to let a team ‘move on’ at virtually no cost.

“I mean if you think about it, I should have the opportunity to sign with a big league team,’’ Bauer said on Sunday, after pitching against Dodgers minor leaguers in an exhibition. “I’m just asking for the league minimum, so it’s not a money thing. I’ve served my suspension twice over. I’ve been cleared of everything in the legal system.”

And so some of this may end up coming down to health – at what point are enough pitchers unavailable for Miami where the benefits of signing Bauer outweigh whatever perceived PR hit comes to the team?

We don’t really know yet.

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