Trevor Bauer’s recent TikTok video is building Dodgers’ case to release him

As if releasing somebody for being accused twice of sexual assault while currently being under investigation for said allegations wasn’t enough, the Los Angeles Dodgers can really hammer home their stance on Trevor Bauer if they just viewed his TikTok account.

Bauer’s “return” to social media was annoying enough. He “refused to be silenced” after, like, a six-week hiatus with a tweet on Aug. 14. Then he was acting as if people were interested watching him and his “friends” watch playoff games live on his YouTube channel. Then he defended Kyle Rittenhouse for some reason?

But the best of all was when he tried to take credit for Max Scherzer’s three-year, $130 million contract, claiming that HE, Trevor Bauer, strived to create that exact “new” market — short-term, high AAV — for players. Uh, but Scherzer is 37 years old and a future Hall of Famer … he’s the literal poster child for high AAV short-term deals. Delusion at its finest.

Head on over to TikTok and you’ll see Bauer’s childish baseball “activities” which are among the most cringey you’ll ever see. Running at full speed and throwing a ball point blank into a radar gun. Chucking golf balls off the mat at Top Golf. And now, the grand finale … 88 MPH fastballs??

The Dodgers should be embarrassed they gave Trevor Bauer a record-setting contract.

And grunting with each and every toss? Obviously the radar gun could be “off” … but we’re not the one who posted this. Bauer let the world inside his baseball box where he’s groaning in a mesh cage throwing baseballs at a wall.

For an organization such as the Dodgers, which holds itself in the highest regard, with a prestigious ownership group and rich history, all anybody who was employed by this team had to do was look at Bauer’s social media activity last offseason to know he wouldn’t be a fit or worth any of the money, and would easily provide more negative headlines than positive ones.

Sexual assault allegations aside, this was a guy with a career 4.00 ERA before the 2021 season who the Dodgers gave $103 million over three seasons. And his introductory press conference featured questions about his online harassment of females, which he refused to answer. The paper trail was there. The Dodgers ignored it in hopes of getting the best possible years out of the right-hander, and instead they got three solid months and that’ll be it.

But don’t tell Bauer that. For some reason he thinks he’ll be suiting up for the Dodgers at some point, outside of a video game.

We know the Dodgers are trying to save money as they wait on the LA District Attorney’s Office and the league’s investigation, but can they really continue to stomach the embarrassment based on the mere connection with Bauer?

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