Trevor Bauer Torches MLBPA and Tony Clark in 18-Hour Rant

Trevor Bauer has not pitched in Major League Baseball since 2021.

Since then, he has played in five different leagues across four different countries.

But he has not stopped talking about his exile.

In an interview with Mike Rodriguez of Rompiendo Sports, published on Instagram Thursday, Bauer spent 18 hours laying out his case.

The interview was released the day after Bauer pitched for Estrellas Orientales in LIDOM, the Dominican Republic's professional winter league.

He left that game after two innings, complaining about the condition of the pitching mound at Estadio Cibao in Santiago.

But the mound was not the main target.

Bauer went after the MLBPA and its former executive director, Tony Clark.

Clark served as the union's head from 2012 — when he took over after the death of Michael Weiner — until February 17, 2026.

He resigned after an internal investigation revealed Clark had an inappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law, who also worked for the union.

Bauer did not hold back.

"You've seen what problems Tony [Clark is] having right now, taking money from players and funneling it to his family members and his own problems," Bauer said.

"I'd imagine he didn't really want to stand behind me because he didn't want people looking into him for what he was doing off of the field."

"Of course, it all came to light anyway."

Bauer claimed he spoke to Clark directly.

"I talked to him on the phone and I was like, Tony, I am the reigning Cy Young Award winner," Bauer said.

"I signed the biggest contract in the history of the sport for a pitcher on annual average value."

"Like, I am at the top of the game."

"You guys can't come out as a union and say, 'Hey, Trevor Bauer should be playing Major League Baseball?'"

According to Bauer, Clark said no.

"He said, 'No, we can't make that statement because if we support you, we're inadvertently not supporting a player whose job you would take,'" Bauer claimed.

Bauer said he pushed back.

"Like, Tony, I'm the best pitcher in the game right now," he recalled saying.

"I would have a job if not for this."

"I would take someone's spot."

"You can't support me?'"

"He goes, 'No, we can't support you. We won't put a statement out.'"

Bauer said he then questioned the entire purpose of the union.

"And it's like, 'OK, so what the fuck is the point of the union?" he said.

"If you're not going to support the best player in the game, like, what are you there to do?"

"Steal money from players and give it to your family members and take it for yourself?"

"Like, what is the union supposed to do."

"Like, protect players?'"

Bauer was the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner.

He signed a three-year, $102 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in February 2021.

That contract was the largest in MLB history for a pitcher on an annual average value basis.

He pitched 17 games for the Dodgers in 2021.

Then he was placed on administrative leave in July 2021 after a woman accused him of sexual assault.

He was never charged with a crime.

An MLB investigation led to a 324-game suspension under the league's domestic violence policy in April 2022.

An independent arbitrator reduced that suspension to 194 games in December 2022.

The Dodgers released Bauer in January 2023.