After a year-plus suspension and release from the Los Angeles Dodgers, it was unknown if Trevor Bauer would find a team willing to take him on, despite accusations of sexual assault from three different women.

While every MLB team answered "no," the Yokohama DeNA Baystars just emphatically answered "yes."

Bauer has agreed to a one-year deal with the Baystars of Japan's Nippon Professional League, according to Yuki Yamada of Sankei Sports. The contract is reportedly worth $4 million plus incentives if he passes the physical. The Dodgers, who officially released Bauer on Jan. 12, are responsible for paying the remainder of his $22.5 million salary for 2023.

山田結軌MLB記者🇺🇸@YamadaMLB

トレバー・ #バウアー 投手がDeNAベイスターズと1年4億円で契約に基本合意。

News: Trever #Bauer will sign with the #DeNA #Baystars in Japan professional league. The deal is $4M + incentives / 1 year, pending physical. Sources confirmed it to Sankei Sports.

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By the time Bauer takes the field in April, if he's ready to pitch by then, it will have been 21 months since he last pitched in an MLB game in June 2021. Bauer has spent that time insisting upon his innocence and fighting a suspension that ultimately spanned about a season and a half.

Trevor Bauer's Dodgers career ended with sexual assault accusations by three women

The winner of the NL Cy Young Award in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Bauer was supposed to spend the 2023 season on the final year of a three-year, $102.5 million contract with the Dodgers. That tenure was put on permanent pause during his first season with the team, when he was accused of choking a California woman to unconsciousness and assaulting her during a sexual encounter.     --> CONTINUED,  I'm sure on that -->