Trevor Bauer Under Probe: Dodger’s Pitcher On Forced Leave Amid Controversial Allegation Trevor Bauer is out of the field for one week after the Major League Baseball put him on leave. Bauer's original plan to join the game against the Washington Nationals on Sunday has been compromised after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred placed him on a 7-day paid leave. The League may extend the break if the players' union pushes them to do so. In terms of the association's policy on domestic violence, it allows the commissioner to put a player on administrative leave. The duration of the leave can last up to seven days.