Scandalized ex-MLB star Trevor Bauer slams decision to reinstate Pete Rose and begs for another chance himself
After being out of Major League Baseball for four seasons, controversial pitcher Trevor Bauer is hoping that the league's change of heart for Pete Rose will lead to a future for him in the majors.
On Tuesday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced that deceased baseball players on the 'permanently ineligible' list banning induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame would be removed from the list.
This move allows players like Rose and 'Black Sox' star 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson to be re-considered by voters for the Hall.
Bauer, who has been out of the majors since being accused by multiple women of sexual assault, believes the league is blackballing him.
With the reversal of the Rose decision, Bauer took to X to beg teams to re-consider him.
'So, since Pete is welcome back now, does that go for everyone who has been blackballed? Or do you actually have to be guilty of something to qualify for that,' the 34-year-old Bauer posted.
Bauer has previously claimed that teams are colluding to keep him out of baseball since multiple allegations of sexual assault came to light - beginning in 2021. The pitcher has denied the allegations.
In 2022, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office decided to not file criminal charges against Bauer over allegations made by his first accuser.
After that decision, Bauer and his accuser sued each other. In 2023, they settled both suits without admission of wrongdoing or exchanging money.
Three other women have accused Bauer of sexual assault. One of those women was later charged with defrauding the pitcher.
Bauer has had a tough time finding consistent work since his last pitch in MLB. He pitched in Japan in 2023 for the Yokahama DeNA BayStars. Last year, he pitched down in Mexico before returning to the BayStars for 2025.
So far this year, Bauer has an ERA of 2.81 and a record of 2-3 across six starts.
Bauer maintains that it's 'an MLB decision' if he signs with an team in the majors again.
However, when contacted by DailyMail.com last August, an MLB spokesperson said, 'Trevor Bauer served the entirety of his discipline and is an unrestricted free agent available to sign a contract with any team.'
As for Rose, his legacy in baseball had been stained by accusations that he had gambled on his team's games while he was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He was then placed on the 'permanently ineligible' list in 1989 after a league investigation.
Rose first applied for reinstatement in September 1997, but Commissioner Bud Selig never ruled on the request. Manfred in 2015 rejected a petition for reinstatement, saying 'Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life.'
Rose died on September 30 at age 83, and a new petition was filed Jan. 8 by Jeffrey Lenkov, a lawyer who had represented Rose for years. Both Lenkov and Rose's daughter Fawn had met with Manfred on Dec. 17.
A 17-time All-Star during a playing career from 1963-86, Rose holds record for hits (4,256), games (3,562), at-bats (14,053), plate appearances (15,890) and singles (3,215). He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, 1973 MVP and 1975 World Series MVP. A three-time NL batting champion, he broke the prior hits record of 4,191 set by Ty Cobb from 1905-28.
Rose's supporters have included U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he intends to pardon Rose posthumously. Manfred discussed Rose with Trump when the pair met in April, but he hasn´t disclosed specifics of their conversation.
It's not clear what a presidential pardon for Rose would entail. Rose entered guilty pleas on April 20, 1990, to two counts of filing false tax returns, admitting he failed to report $354,968 during a four-year period.
Rose was sentenced on July 19, 1990, by U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel in Cincinnati to five months in prison. He also was fined $50,000 and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service as a gym teacher's assistant with inner-city youths in Cincinnati as part of a one-year probation period.
The first three months of the probation were to be spent at the halfway house. Rose repaid the Internal Revenue Service $366,042.
Additionally, Rose was accused of statutory rape by a woman who claims she had a sexual relationship with the baseball star while she was a minor and he was in his mid-30s. Rose acknowledged the relationship, but claimed he was unaware that she was a minor under Ohio state laws.
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