Trevor Bauer Signs With The Dodgers

**pwaldo** · 02-05-2021, 10:39 PM

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/...vor-bauer.html

The Dodgers have agreed to a deal with top free agent starter Trevor Bauer, reports MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (via Twitter). It’s a three-year deal with opt-outs after year one and year two, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand adds that Bauer is guaranteed a total of $102MM on the deal, which includes a $40MM salary in 2021 and a $45MM salary in 2022. Both marks establish new records for the highest single-season salary, though the contract’s overall $34MM average annual value is still a bit shy of Gerrit Cole’s record $36MM. Bauer himself has confirmed the signing on YouTube.

The Mets offered Bauer more than the Dodgers did in the end, Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets, but the Santa Clarita native and UCLA product was drawn both to Southern California, the opportunity to help defend a World Series championship and to the Dodgers’ “cutting edge,” technologically and data-driven pitching practices, per Sherman.

**ethunder** · 02-06-2021, 11:15 AM

That really bolstered their rotation. Great competition in that division.

**pwaldo** · 02-06-2021, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by ethunder View Post

That really bolstered their rotation. Great competition in that division.

Yeah the Dodgers and Padres are going to be awesome this season and the battle for the division should be the best in a long time. They might even be the best two teams in baseball.