Controversial former Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer was involved in a car crash in Arizona on Wednesday.
Bauer, who now pitches for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League, was not injured in the crash and was not at fault, TMZ reported.
Images posted by the news outlet showed debris scattered about the road, along with damage to both Bauer’s car and the other vehicle involved in the accident.
The other car was said to have crashed into the side of Bauer’s vehicle.
No one was taken to the hospital.
Bauer, 35, is “doing well” following the accident, according to TMZ.
Ducks president Michael Pfaff confirmed in a social media post that Bauer “avoided serious injury.”
The Ducks hurler is in Arizona to get treatment for the back spasms that landed him on the injured list. According to Newsday, there is no timetable for Bauer’s return from the injury.
This season, Bauer has had a 4-1 record, a seven-inning no-hitter and a 2.43 ERA for the Long Island independent league baseball team.
Bauer has been attempting to make a Major League Baseball comeback since he last played in 2021, when he faced sexual assault allegations and was later suspended 194 games — reduced from 324 — for violating MLB’s domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy.
The pitcher was never charged criminally, and he has denied the allegations, but he has not found his way back onto a major league roster.
He spent the past three years pitching in Japan and Mexico. The Ducks are the first U.S. baseball club to pick up Bauer.
Bauer has not been shy about voicing his displeasure about the circumstances.
“I could put up a 0.00 ERA and strike out more people than Mason Miller and it wouldn’t change anything,” Bauer told reporters after his first start with the Ducks in April. “I’ve known what this is the entire time. I’m blackballed. I’m not allowed to play Major League Baseball … I’ve literally offered to pay my entire salary back and play for zero dollars.
“When I say there’s nothing I can do, that everything is completely out of my control, I have offered everything. It just doesn’t matter.”
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