Trevor Bauer will have to find another way to support Joe Kelly.
The fierce Reds pitcher had plans on Wednesday to wear custom Nike gear in honor of the upset Dodgers reliever, but Major League Baseball told him he would be subject to discipline, according to ESPN.
Bauer was planning to give a gift with the cleats, which have “FREE JOE KELLY” on one shoe and a cartoon of Kelly mocking the Houston Astros on the other. Participants had to purchase a Kelly-inspired shirt from Bauer’s website, with proceeds going to the charity of Dodgers’ choice.
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MLB and the Players Association have collectively negotiated rules regarding game wear, including cleats.
Kelly was suspended for eight games after MLB thought he was deliberately hitting on Astros fielders Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa, although the ban was later reduced to five games on appeal.
Bauer has been one of the most vocal among the chorus of great liars who were dissatisfied with the punishments imposed on the Astros following the revelation of their sign-stealing scandal.
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“They’s hypocrites, they’s cheats, they’ve stolen a lot of other people and the game itself was completely unfair,” Bauer said of the Astros in February.
