Trevor Bauer was involved in a blindsiding collision Wednesday afternoon while driving his black McLaren down a Phoenix-area street, and emergency responders reportedly confirmed that no one needed hospitalization after the crash.
TMZ reported that Bauer was traveling the posted 45 mph speed limit and was not at fault for the wreck. The incident happened while the 35-year-old pitcher was in Arizona rehabbing back spasms, a setback that interrupts another stretch of a career already defined by abrupt turns.
Bauer has not pitched in the major leagues since the 2021 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he is now working with the Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks, where he has gone 4-1 with a 2.43 ERA. He won a Cy Young Award and later signed a three-year, $102 million contract with the Dodgers, but his MLB career was thrown into chaos after sexual assault allegations from accuser Lindsey Hill sparked a media firestorm in 2021.
Criminal charges were never filed against Bauer, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred handed him a 324-game suspension that an arbitrator later cut to 194 games. Since then, Bauer has spent the last few years pitching outside the MLB spotlight while publicly campaigning for another chance and saying he would be willing to play for the league minimum salary.
The crash is the latest reminder that Bauer’s off-field and on-field story has never stayed quiet for long. In 2019, a rogue semi-truck tire flew off a highway, bounced into a dealership lot and crushed his parked 2016 McLaren 650S, a strange earlier episode that, like Wednesday’s collision, left the car history more remarkable than the damage to anyone involved.
