CLEVELAND -- There really is no offseason for Trevor Bauer. There is a period of time on the calendar that does not include games, but the pitcher never stops working. For Bauer, baseball is indeed a science, and he is never done studying the physics and theories behind his craft.
Since Bauer came to Cleveland in a blockbuster trade four years ago, he has treated himself as a project. Overhauling his delivery -- or rewriting his neuromuscular programming, as he once phrased it -- took several years. Once he found a comfort level there, Bauer was better able to tackle his approach, pitch usage and velocity training.