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Dodgers: Trevor Bauer posts surprise ‘update’ on eve of MLB playoffs

Adam Weinrib
Adam Weinrib

Dodgers Way

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 28: Trevor Bauer #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers returns to the dugout after the top of the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on June 28, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

Leave it to ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee Trevor Bauer to pop up unexpectedly on the verge of the MLB postseason, exactly when we’d most hoped to move on from him — until the next calendar year, at the very least.

With the Dodgers on the verge of the Wild Card Game — and a starter short, unfortunately, after Clayton Kershaw’s departure — Bauer resurfaced on Twitter just before Yankees-Red Sox on the AL side to remind fans he still exists.

A welcome return to the medium? Well, not really, unless you’re extremely invested in getting postseason video content from a former player currently under criminal investigation.

In a 30-second message, Bauer didn’t address the ongoing case, but did briefly comment on the resolved first investigation, in which his accuser was denied a restraining order on the basis that Bauer would theoretically not be a danger to her moving forward.

He simply announced his presence, long after we’d all decided we had no interest in his content.

Ex-Dodgers Trevor Bauer is back posting baseball updates.

Unfortunately, based on what we know of Bauer, no amount of backlash will dissuade him from putting out vlogs for the next month, at the very least. He’s a man who waited a long time to post this short clip, desperately searching for the online validation he’d recently experienced from his extremely specific fanbase.

There was no stopping him. There is no stopping his agent, Rachel Luba. They have decided that now is the time for his voice to be heard, after the lull has died down.

Many people disagree. He’s not reading those comments — and if he is, he’s certainly not reacting to them.

Whenever this offseason begins, the Dodgers will surely watch a criminal investigation ensue in earnest, and will be looking at various options surrounding a voided contract.

Was this risk avoidable for the front office? Sure. But they’re in it now.

While building his Wild Card roster, this was surely the last reminder Andrew Friedman needed.

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib is a Content Director on the FanSided network, and has been the co-editor at Yanks Go Yard and Dodgers Way for 4 years. He also co-hosts The Baseball Insiders Podcast twice weekly, alongside FanSided MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as the Yanks Go Yard Podcast. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at 12up.com, and has been covering MLB and NFL for eight years. Previously, he was a headline and features contributor at ClickHole and Onion Sports, as well as the Associate Producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Believeland". An avowed fan of the New York sports teams -- specifically the Yankees -- as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels, you can find Adam complaining mid-game on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn if the game goes really poorly.