Trevor Bauer is suing Molly Knight and the Athletic:

Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer filed a defamation lawsuit against the Athletic and one of its former writers Tuesday, alleging “a campaign to maliciously target and harass” him.

The complaint, filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles, claims the website and the writer, Molly Knight, published knowingly false information about Bauer online and on Twitter “with hatred, ill will, and spite, with the intent to harm Mr. Bauer or in blatant disregard of the substantial likelihood of causing him harm.”

LATimes.com

I really wonder if Bauer’s lawyer think this is a good idea. Does Bauer really want the The Athletic, now owned by the New York Times, digging into his past relationships? On top of that, there types of suits are extremely difficult to win.

Bauer may be setting up, however, to fight an MLB suspension. So far, Bauer won in all the legal proceeding brought against him. If Bauer wins the suit, or even if he loses and his opponents bring no other damning evidence against him, he can turn around a sue MLB for suspending him.

Of course, it could be that Bauer has a huge ego, and has to grind any opponent into the ground. Whatever the reason for the lawsuit, I’m very interested in the eventual outcome.