On Friday, the team announced that the National League 2020 Cy Young Award winner was placed on administrative leave for a week in the wake of the assault allegations. The leave is for seven days under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy adopted by MLB and the players’ association in 2015 and can be the initial step leading to a longer suspension. The administrative leave has been extended for players under the policy in the past.
The protection order was the result of an “assault that took place at the hands of Mr. Bauer" where the woman "suffered severe physical and emotional pain," the San Diego woman's attorney Marc Garelick said.