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“Every team’s pitchers cheat, technically, by using foreign substances”

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is known for calling the spade a spade. In January 2020, he openly claimed that illegal substances are widely used in the MLB for ball doctoring in a Bleacher Report interview.

When interviewed, Bauer asked whether Houston Astros pitchers were involved in cheating, referring to the 2017 sign-stealing cheating scandal. He explained how pitchers in every MLB team technically cheat by utilizing foreign substances. He said:

“Every team’s pitchers cheat, technically, by using foreign substances.”

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Back in 2020, Trevor was playing with the Cincinnati Reds before signing a 3-year, $102M contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In 2021 Trevor Bauer was investigated by MLB for ball doctoring

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balls from every other pitcher being taken out of play in literally every other game this season are? Also lol @MLB who already has “sources” talking to gossip bloggers about a supposedly confidential process a week into the season 😂😂😂 thumbs up y’all keep killin it! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

“Balls from every other pitcher being taken out of play in literally every other game this season are? Also lol to @MLB who already has “sources” talking to gossip bloggers about a supposedly confidential process a week into the season.” – Trevor

Lol always fun reading desperate and misleading clickbait headlines from national gossip bloggers. To translate fake journalist speak for y’all, “It’s unclear whether” = “I can’t be bothered to look into this cuz it doesn’t fit my narrative.” 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ wonder where the articles about

“Lol, always fun reading desperate and misleading clickbait headlines from national gossip bloggers.” – Trevor Bauer

MLB also sent a notification to 30 teams in March 2021 regarding monitoring Statcast data to see if pitchers were using foreign substances on baseballs.

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