Manfred was on Cleveland radio last week and they asked him about Bauer. Manfred said he has no restrictions to return and any team could sign him and play him at any time.
Yeah, he was reinstated a while back, but who's going to take the risk on him? Was more referring to the amount of games he was suspended for, I recall they were reduced, but he still faced a lengthy unpaid suspension and one can argue that had an impact on teams willing to sign him.
I recall the Red Sox earlier in the year were toying with the idea of signing him.