Trevor Bauer Too Expensive For The Reds
4 years agoFree-agent starting pitcher Trevor Bauer is too expensive for the Cincinnati Reds, so he won't be returning to the team in 2021 and beyond. Bauer's National League Cy Young season in 2020 helped the team end their six-year playoff drought, however. The right-hander declined the team's $18.9 million qualifying offer in November, assuring that the Reds will receive draft-pick compensation when he signs elsewhere. Cincinnati is in a transition phase after also non-tendering reliever Archie Bradley and trading closer Raisel Iglesias to the Angels. Starter Sonny Gray is on the trading block as well. Bauer is the top free-agent pitcher on the market after his Cy Young season, and he'll be a no-doubt fantasy ace in 2021 after posting a 1.73 ERA with 100 strikeouts and only 17 walks in 73 innings in 2020.
Source: MLB Network - Jon Heyman
Source: MLB Network - Jon Heyman