Trevor Bauer Chooses Dodgers
4 years agoThe Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a three-year, $102 million deal with free-agent starting pitcher Trevor Bauer on Friday. Bauer has opt-outs after the first two years and will earn $40 million in 2021 and $45 million in 2022, which will make him the highest-paid player in MLB history each of the next two seasons. The reigning National League Cy Young winner will join forces with his hometown team, the defending World Series champions, and he'll join a rotation that includes Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler and David Price. The New York Mets were the other finalist for Bauer's services and were looking to pair him with ace Jacob deGrom, who won the Cy Young in 2018 and 2019. The 30-year-old right-hander had a league-leading 1.73 ERA and 0.79 WHIP while striking out 100 and walking 17 in 73 innings over 11 starts (two complete-game shutouts) with the Reds in 2020. He struggled to a 4.48 ERA and 1.25 WHIP in 34 starts with Cleveland and Cincy in 2019, but he was an All-Star with the Tribe in 2018 when he went 12-6 with a 2.21 ERA and 1.08 WHIP. Already a top-five fantasy ace, Bauer will be even more attractive with one of baseball's best lineups behind him in Los Angeles.
Source: MLB Network - Jon Heyman
Source: MLB Network - Jon Heyman