No doesn't typically take that long, but there was a criminal investigation. Bauer was suspended pending that outcome, and once the DA decided there was insufficient evidence to meet the threshold for a criminal conviction, then MLB levied a penalty for violating the policy. At that point is when the arbitration process would be initiated. And the process can take a while. Arbitrator selection, agreement and fee schedule, submissions by the parties (usually the claimant first, then the respondent), reply and sur-reply, oral hearings, and then the panel deliberations and decision is typical for the ones I get involved in.