Well-known sports commentator and analyst Bobby Burack believes the media did a smear campaign on former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer.
The former Dodgers pitcher was charged and eventually suspended from the MLB for 324 games, the longest sentence without having a life-time ban, after an investigation for contravening the league"s “Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse policy.
He became the first player to ever appeal the verdict (since policy came into effect in 2015) and his ban was reduced to 194 games.
The assault allegations stem back to June 2021, where a woman, one Lindsay Hill, claimed that Bauer had sexually assaulted her, but he argued that the encounter was consensual, and that any physicality came at her request.
Bauer released a YouTube video this week in which he claims his accuser set him up.
Hill reportedly texted a friend, “Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,"
“What should I steal?"
A friend answered the text, “Take his money.’"
She [Hill] replied “I’m going to his house Wednesday. I already have my hooks in. you know how I roll".
Burack, writing for Outkick, believes the media did a number on the pitcher, with a host of outlets and big-name writers like Ken Rosenthal now of the Athletic, taking the stance that he was guilty over unproven allegations.
Burack wrote that Rosenthal has been suspiciously quiet since news broke on Monday of the settlement of a civil case between Bauer and accuser Lindsay Hill.
Rosenthal did retweet an Athletic article about the lawsuit ending but failed to mention alleged text messages from the accused saying she admits to trying to frame Bauer.
He has since gone on to join the Yokohama DeNa BayStars.
A temporary banning order was removed by a magistrate after it was found he did not pose a threat to the woman"s [Hill"s] immediate safety.
The pitcher played in the MLB for over a decade representing the Diamondbacks, Indians, Reds and Dodgers.
Bauer was an MLB All-Star in 2018 and an All-MLB First Team in 2020.
