Major League Baseball extended an administrative leave Thursday for Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Trevor Bauer another seven days - with approval from the Major League Baseball Players Association - as police continue to investigate allegations that Bauer sexually assaulted a woman.
Earlier this week, the Dodgers removed a Bauer bobblehead night from their promotional schedule, and Bauer-related merchandise was removed from the team store as well as the team's official website and MLB.com.
From Bauer's co-agents:
Last Friday, MLB announced its initial seven-day administrative leave for Bauer, who won the National League Cy Young Award last season for the Cincinnati Reds. A statement from Bauer's co-agents indicated that Bauer would not appeal MLB's decision "in an effort to minimize any distraction to the Dodgers organization and to his teammates."
The league "continues to collect information in our ongoing investigation concurrent with the Pasadena Police Department’s active criminal investigation," according to the announcement.
"We were looking into some things and we thought we were nearing the end," Lt. Carolyn Gordon, who is overseeing the investigation, told USA TODAY Sports last Friday. "We are not close to the end.
"This investigation is bigger than we thought. So we have to look a few more places. We want to try to uncover as much stuff as we can.''
Bauer is in his first season as a Dodger after spending part of the 2019 season and all of the 2020 season with the Reds.
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