The Los Angeles Dodgers have designated right-handed pitcher Trevor Bauer for assignment, the team announced late Friday. The move is tantamount to releasing Bauer, which means the Dodgers will eat his $22.5 million salary in the process. Bauer is free to sign with any other team if the Dodgers cannot trade him by the time he goes on unconditional waivers no later than 2 p.m. ET Thursday. Whatever team signs Bauer would only owe him the league minimum. <br /><br />In accordance with Rule 2(c), the Dodgers had to either reinstate or release Bauer within two weeks (or, by Jan. 6) of an arbitrator's Dec. 22 decision to reduce his suspension from 324 games to 194 games. Bauer's reduced suspension remains the longest Major League Baseball has handed out under its domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy.<br /><br />The Dodgers released the following statement: <br /><br />The Dodgers organization believes that allegations of sexual assault or domestic violence should be thoroughly investigated, with due process given to the accused. From the beginning, we have fully cooperated with Major League Baseball's investigation and strictly followed the process stipulated under MLB's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Two extensive reviews of all the available evidence in this case -- one by Commissioner Manfred and another by a neutral arbitrator -- concluded that Mr. Bauer's actions warranted the longest ever active player suspension in our sport for violations of this policy. Now that this process has been completed, and after careful consideration, we have decided that he will no longer be part of our organization. <br /><br />Join this channel to get access to perks:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oPUQC1bQS1zWJ-e22QBzw/join" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oPUQC1bQS1zWJ-e22QBzw/join</a><br /><br />Humm Baby Baseball is an all baseball channel that talks baseball in general but also has a focus on the San Francisco Giants. My name is Erik and if you're interested in appearing on Humm Baby Baseball or doing any kind of collaboration, please e-mail me at [email protected]. <br /><br />Please visit the HUMM BABY WEBSITE: <a href="https://www.hummbabybaseball.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.hummbabybaseball.com</a><br /><br />Humm Baby Baseball PODCAST: <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1093007" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1093007</a><br /><br />San Francisco Giants Blog: <a href="https://www.hummbabybaseball.com/sfgiants" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.hummbabybaseball.com/sfgiants</a><br /><br />I spend anywhere from 3-8 hours every day working on Humm Baby Baseball.. if you enjoy this content, please consider helping me on Patreon. You can give as little as $1 a month to help grow the brand and give me more time to operate Humm Baby Baseball! <br /><br />PATREON: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hummbabybaseball" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/hummbabybaseball</a><br /><br />Follow HUMM BABY BASEBALL On:<br />FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HummBabyBaseball" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/HummBabyBaseball</a><br />TWITTER: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/hummbabybb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.twitter.com/hummbabybb</a><br /><br />Thanks for checking out this video and if you like what you see, subscribe today!<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY2ZNc-LJZI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY2ZNc-LJZI</a>