The Muts and Yankees will not go for Trevor Bauer, according to sources, either in trade by the Friday deadline or as a free agent.

The Muts “dodged a bullet” when he was free two years ago, according to a Muts person. The Yankees could never consider him; ace Gerrit Cole was the first to dislike Bauer back in their UCLA days.

It’s unclear whether Bauer — who has been reinstated following his 194-game suspension — will get an MLB job. Many baseball execs around the game might be happy to take a shot at such a great talent, but the question will be owners. The Dodgers partly DFA’d him (rather than a straight release) to try to give themselves a chance to trade him out of their division. They surely wanted to make sure the Padres didn’t sign him. Turns out the Padres won’t either, as the San Diego Union-Tribune first reported.

[nypost.com]