Breaking Limits: Trevor Bauer on Discipline, Pressure & Redemption

About this episode

Trevor Bauer discusses his journey through baseball, the pressures of public judgment, and the mindset of resilience.

Trevor Bauer, 2020 Cy Young Award winner and former Los Angeles Dodger, joins The Determined Society for a raw conversation on baseball, pressure, public judgment, media narratives, and refusing to quit. Trevor opens up about his early obsession with the game, his engineering mindset, his rise from UCLA to the Major Leagues, winning the Cy Young, signing a historic Dodgers contract, and the moment his career changed. In this episode, Shawn French and Trevor discuss the controversy that pushed him out of MLB, the suspension and release that followed, his decision to keep competing in Japan, Mexico, and independent baseball, and the mindset that has kept him standing when most people would have walked away. This conversation is about resilience, reputation, competitiveness, and what it really means to keep going when the world expects you to stop. The Determined Society is hosted by Shawn French — a show for people who refuse to quit. Every episode goes beyond the highlight reel to explore the real stories behind resilience, reinvention, and the relentless pursuit of a life built on your own terms. Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all others.. If this episode…

People in this episode

Host: Shawn French

Guest: Trevor Bauer

Topics covered

• discipline
• pressure
• redemption
• resilience
• competitiveness
• media narratives

Keywords

• Trevor Bauer
• discipline
• resilience
• MLB
• Cy Young
• public judgment
• baseball
• pressure
• redemption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Dodgers, UCLA, MLB, Japan, Mexico, Simplecast, AdsWizz

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