Editor's Note: This story includes graphic descriptions of sexual assault allegations.
Major League Baseball placed Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on a seven-day administrative leave Friday following allegations that Bauer sexually assaulted and inflicted severe head trauma on a woman.
Bauer's time on administrative leave will begin immediately, according to MLB's announcement. After seven days it can be extended by MLB only with the approval of the MLB Players Association, according to the league's collective bargaining agreement. Before Bauer was placed on leave, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Bauer would make his next scheduled start, against the Nationals on Sunday.