WATCH: Trevor Bauer joins MLB Tonight to talk about the first half of his 2018 season

WASHINGTON-- Prior to the Home Run Derby on Monday night, Indians All-Star starting pitcher Trevor Bauer joined the MLB Tonight crew live from Nationals Park.

WASHINGTON-- Prior to the Home Run Derby on Monday night, Indians All-Star starting pitcher Trevor Bauer joined the MLB Tonight crew live from Nationals Park.

Bauer talked about his numbers from the first half of the season, and even demonstrated how he throws his new slider (which we wrote about here).

Check out the full interview below via MLB Network.

First-time All-Star @BauerOutage has the highest WAR among AL pitchers entering the second half.

Did he know that before stepping onto the #MLBTonight set??? pic.twitter.com/tAy0a6wd1V

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) July 17, 2018