MLB Trevor Bauer scheduled to return to mound vs. Dodgers minor leaguers

Trevor Bauer still hasn’t been signed by a major league team since being released by the Dodgers 14 months ago, after the completion of his suspension for violating MLB’S domestic violence and sexual assault policy.

However, on Sunday, the embattled pitcher is expected to return to the Dodgers’ Camelback Ranch spring training facility to participate in an organized game against minor-leaguers with the club.

How?

Bauer will be playing for a team called Asian Breeze, a traveling club from Japan that plays scrimmage games against squads of minor league players from MLB organizations, hoping to get its players noticed by professional scouts.

Bauer’s game will take place on one of the back training fields at Camelback Ranch, and is unlikely to feature any players from the Dodgers’ major leaguer roster (they’ll be playing the Arizona Diamondbacks in a Cactus League game at the Camelback Ranch stadium that afternoon).

Asian Breeze has made similar trips to Camelback Ranch in previous years for scrimmages against Dodgers’ minor leaguers — albeit none with a player like Bauer on its roster.

“Asian Breeze is extremely excited to announce that Trevor Bauer will be making his Asian Breeze debut on March 10th against the Los Angeles Dodgers Organization,” the team said in a press release on its website.

The Dodgers declined to comment.

Asian Breeze is a self-described “tryout program” that charges players nearly $2,600 for a 20-day barnstorming trip to the U.S. Its rosters typically feature a mixed bag of talent, from fringe pro prospects to former youth players with little chance of extending their careers.