Trevor Bauers Dodgers press conference fell way short – The Athletic

It wasn’t as big of a debacle as, say, Justin Turner returning to the field to celebrate a world championship with his teammates while infected with the coronavirus last October. But it wasn’t as mellow as a typical sunny February afternoon at Chavez Ravine, either.

If Trevor Bauer thought that, in signing with the Dodgers over the Mets, he could escape New York’s famously tough media for a benign and breezy pack of beat writers not frothing at the mouth with tabloid teeth, he certainly received a rude awakening at his introductory press conference on Thursday. About two-thirds of the 45-minute media session at Dodger Stadium was devoted to questions about Bauer having harassed women on social media.

The timing for Bauer’s record-setting $102 million contract could not have been worse for the Dodgers. Three weeks ago, Mets general manager Jared Porter was fired for having harassed a female reporter. Last week, the Angels suspended pitching…