Mexico City /
The American Trevor Bauerright pitcher of the Red Devils of Mexicowas named Pitcher of the Year on Friday in the Mexican Baseball League after the 2024 season.
In a vote carried out by the electoral committee, Bauer swept. He got 94 votes to beat Zac Grotz (9), David Reyes (7), Matt Dermody (6), Robert Stock (2) and Tyler Viza (1).
Bauer, 33 years old, finished the regular tournament with a 10-0 record and a 2.48 ERA in 14 starts and helped the Red Devils to win the title of the summer baseball circuit.
In addition, he was the strikeout leader with 120 in 83 and a third innings for an average of 1.44 for each inning pitched. Nineteen of those strikeouts came on June 21 against the Guerreros de Oaxaca to set a record for a nine-inning game, surpassing the 18 shared by three pitchers.
Bauer also tied a Mexican League record by prescribing nine consecutive strikeouts on April 21 against the Bravos de León. He shares that record with Jose Ramon Lopezby Sultanes de Monterrey in 1964; and with Gary Williamsfrom Tampico in 1979.
The American arrived on Mexican soil with a contract for only five games, but eventually arranged to stay the entire season.
Bauer has been trying to revive his major league career after serving a 194-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s policy on domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. He was never arrested or formally charged.
The launcher He was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers in January 2023.. He pitched last year with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Pacific League.
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