AROUND THE HORN
Dodgers:
Police on Friday presented to prosecutors their investigation of Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer in the case of a woman who said he choked her into unconsciousness, punched her repeatedly and had anal sex with her without her consent during two sexual encounters. The Pasadena Police Department delivered the results of the three-month investigation to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office and the case is under review, district attorney’s spokesman Greg Risling said. Bauer’s representatives declined to comment. An email seeking comment sent to the woman’s attorney was not immediately answered. The move comes just over a week after a judge denied the 27-year-old San Diego woman’s request for a restraining order against Bauer. The woman said she sought the order when she learned that the criminal investigation against Bauer was likely to take a long time. She had spoken to police in San Diego when she was in the hospital after her second encounter with Bauer, in mid-may, and gave her account to detectives from Pasadena, where Bauer lives, soon after. After a four-day hearing last week that aired much of the evidence that police probed and that prosecutors will consider, Judge Dianna Gould-saltman found that Bauer honored the woman’s boundaries when the woman set them, and could not have known about those he violated because she didn’t express them clearly. “We consider in a sexual encounter that when a woman says no she should be believed,” Gouldsaltman said, “so what should we do when she says yes?” Gould-saltman called the woman’s petition for the order “materially misleading.” The 30-year-old pitcher is also under investigation by Major League Baseball, and could face punishment under its Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.
MLB: The start of the game between the Diamondbacks and Phillies on Friday night was delayed 26 minutes due to contact tracing after the Phillies put three players on the COVID19 injured list. The game was scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m., but first pitch was at 7:31 p.m. Earlier in the day, the Phillies put pitcher Zach Eflin, catcher Andrew Knapp and infielder-outfielder Luke Williams on the COVID-19 IL. Knapp was in the original starting lineup but replaced by J.T. Realmuto about 45 minutes before the scheduled first pitch.
Astros: Veteran utility player Marwin Gonzalez signed a minor league contract with the Astros and began working out at the team’s spring training camp in Florida on Friday, two weeks after being designated for assignment by Boston. Gonzalez began his 10-season big league career with the Astros from 201218, and for their 2017 World Series championship team hit .303 with 23 homers and 90 RBIS — all career highs.
Giants: All-star catcher Buster Posey has returned to the Giants’ lineup after missing two games with discomfort in his left knee. Posey started Friday night against the Braves.
Twins: The Twins announced right-hander Kenta Maeda will have season-ending elbow surgery performed Wednesday in Texas by orthopedist Dr. Keith Meister, the team physician for the Rangers. Maeda was pulled from his previous start six days ago with tightness in his forearm.