It's not an offer situation. Yokohama let go. a controversial bower that won a Cy Young Award. Are you retiring now
Dec 02, 2025
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Japanese media confirmed in an interview with Kimura, president of Yokohama DeNA Baystars, Bauer's team, that he was not returning to Yokohama.
Yokohama's president, Kimura, said he continued to communicate with Bauer during the season, adding, `When we put Bauer's thoughts together, we decided that we were not in a situation where we were going to put an offer.' It can be seen that Bauer decided that he was not willing to stay in Japan.
As for whether he will retire, Kimura said, `I don't know what will happen in the future, but at least we are not talking about next year at this stage.' `Although we are not talking about our situation, we are not talking about playing in Japan right now. So we haven't made an offer either."
Bauer, who made his major league debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2012, won 11 games for Cleveland in 2015. He achieved 10 wins for five consecutive years with 12 wins in 2016, 17 wins in 2017, 12 wins in 2018, and 11 wins in 2019.
And in 2020, which was played as a shortened season due to COVID-19, he won the National League Cy Young Award with 5 wins, 4 losses and a 1.73 ERA in 11 games.
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Bauer, who was aiming to return to the Major League, turned his eyes abroad in 2023, signed a one-year, $3 million contract with Yokohama, Japan, and made a good impression on Japan with good pitching. Despite coming in during the season, he pitched in 19 games and posted a good 10-4 record with a 2.76 ERA.
Bauer, who tried to return to the Major League last year but failed and threw in the Mexican League, returned to Japan this year, but lost 4-10 and had a 4.51 ERA in 21 games. He failed to throw due to back pain in the beginning and has lost seven straight games without a win in 10 games since winning against Nippon Ham on June 6. Due to the lack of regular season, he was not able to take the mound in the climax series.
After the season, Bauer told Japanese media "I don't know if I will play for Yokohama next year or for another team or retire."To be honest, I'm not sure if I'll continue my career next year."
Bauer, born in 1991, will be 36 next year. Considering that he did not renew his contract with Yokohama but did not make an offer based on the player's intention, it could be considered that Bauer is considering retirement. Or, he could seek to return to the Major League one last time.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
