{"id":33322,"date":"2025-03-15T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T07:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33322"},"modified":"2025-03-15T07:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T07:51:06","slug":"yankees-make-final-call-on-controversial-former-cy-young-winner-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33322","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Make Final Call on Controversial Former Cy Young Winner: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1325149858.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1325149858.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1325149858.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1325149858.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Trevor Bauer\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"686\" data-img-load-time=\"1474\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">NJ.com&#8217;s Bob Klapisch reported the New York Yankees are not considering bringing in Trevor Bauer to replaced injured Gerrit Cole.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0aren\u2019t in love with\u00a0the conventional external options to replace\u00a0injured ace starter Gerrit Cole. Therefore, could the Yankees think outside the box and bring in an unconventional option? One possibility that qualifies is former Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer.<\/p>\n<p>NJ.com\u2019s Bob Klapisch, though,\u00a0reported\u00a0the Yankees aren\u2019t interested in going down that route either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sources say Bauer\u2019s not coming to the Bronx,\u201d\u00a0wrote Klapisch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only are the Yankees not interested, I was told Bauer\u2019s name hasn\u2019t even come up since Cole was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Bauer brings too much baggage is the explanation, even for a team that\u2019s desperate for an ace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bauer joined the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0on a three-year, $102 million contract in 2021. But on July 2, 2021,\u00a0the MLB placed\u00a0the right-hander on administrative leave because of sexual assault allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Bauer remained on administrative leave until April 29, 2022. Then,\u00a0the MLB suspended\u00a0Bauer 324 games, the equivalent of two seasons, without pay for violating the league\u2019s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.<\/p>\n<p>An arbitrator reduced Bauer\u2019s suspension to 194 games, but he hasn\u2019t pitched in the MLB since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, Bauer has pitched in Japan and Mexico.<\/p>\n<h2>Could the Yankees Target Trevor Bauer to Replace Gerrit Cole?<\/h2>\n<p>Although he hasn\u2019t pitched in the MLB over nearly the last four years, Bauer\u2019s name continues to pop up when big market teams need starting rotation help.<\/p>\n<p>Bauer was one of the best pitchers in the league when off-the-field allegations quickly halted his MLB career. During the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign,\u00a0he won the National League Cy Young with a 5-4 record, 1.73 ERA, 0.795 WHIP and 100 strikeouts in 73 innings.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Bauer led the NL in ERA, WHIP and ERA+.<\/p>\n<p>During 2018, Bauer made the All-Star team with the then\u00a0Cleveland Indians. He posted a 12-6 record with a 2.21 ERA and league-best 2.44 FIP during that campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Over 10 MLB seasons, Bauer registered an 83-69 record and 3.79 ERA. The right-hander has also stayed sharp while pitching outside the United States. Bauer\u00a0went 10-0 with a 2.48 ERA, 1.044 WHIP and 120 strikeouts in 83.1 innings in 14 Mexican League starts last year.<\/p>\n<p>But no MLB team has even been willing to take a flier on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one will touch him,\u201d\u00a0wrote Klapisch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly [Rob] Manfred wants Bauer out of the game. While the former Cy Young Award winner has been forced to pitch in Japan and Mexico \u2014 dominating in both countries \u2014 no MLB owner has been willing to defy the commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat includes the Yankees, who simply don\u2019t want the headache.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Who Will Replace Cole?<\/h2>\n<p>Bauer was likely the last external starting pitcher option available to the Yankees before the beginning of the regular season.\u00a0New York general manager Brian Cashman has\u00a0previously implied the team doesn\u2019t like other potential external additions.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are trying to replace Cole, who has already undergone successful\u00a0Tommy John surgery to repair his right UCL.<\/p>\n<p>In a perfect world, Cole will be back on the mound in April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Until then,\u00a0the Yankees could turn\u00a0to Will Warren, Carlos Carrasco or Allan Winans as their fifth starter. The team will count on free-agent signing Max Fried replacing Cole at the top of the rotation.<\/p>\n<p>If the Yankees remain World Series contenders, they could then explore starting pitcher trade options again closer to the MLB trade deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty NJ.com&#8217;s Bob Klapisch reported the New York Yankees are not considering bringing in Trevor Bauer to replaced injured Gerrit Cole. 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