Trevor Bauer, the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner, has agreed to join the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the California native announcing in a YouTube video on Friday.
Bauer and the Dodgers agree on a $ 102 million deal for three years that is excluded after 1 and 2 years, sources told Jeff Passan, ESPN. Bauer will earn $ 20 million in 2021 and $ 45 million in 2022, sources said.
It seems that Bauer, who has a conspicuous presence on the internet, bothers his destination earlier on Friday by offering a giveaway for a signed Dodgers hat on his website – although he also had brief references to the New York Mets , believe the other finalist, also on the website.
Sources told Passan that the Mets offered a higher overall value than the Dodgers, but the Los Angeles offer will make him the highest paid player in each of the next two seasons.
Bauer, a 30-year-old right-hand man, was the first reigning Cy Young Awards winner to enter the free agency since 1992.
A first-time free agent to play for the Cincinnati Reds last season on a $ 17 million deal that totaled $ 6.4 million, Bauer was one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball in 2020 and went 5-4 with a 1.73-ERA, a 0.79, went. WHIP, 100 strikeouts and 17 walks during the pandemic shortened season. Opposing batsmen hit .159 against him, leading all the major league throwers. In addition to WHIP and ERA, Bauer led the NL in ERA-plus, adapted for its heat-friendly home ball park, and allowed hits per nine overs (5,055) in 2020.
He turned down a $ 18.9 million qualifying bid from the Reds, who will have a compensatory draft pick with the signing of a new team.
Now Bauer joins a Dodgers rotation that was one of the best in the majors in 2020 and now has three former Cy Young winners in Bauer, Clayton Kershaw and David Price. Last season, the Dodgers took first place in WHIP and second in the ERA, the opponent’s batting average and the opponent’s OPS.
Bauer’s arsenal includes a variety of pitches, and he has had great success with his cutting ball while concluding an NL highlight of two full games last season. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Bauer set batsmen to eject them to the outer half of the plate, leading the NL with 63 strikeouts while keeping hitters to a .145 batting average at that spot.
Bauer has voiced opinions and criticism over everything from commissioner Rob Manfred to MLB-MLBPA negotiations to insinuating that Houston Astros pitchers apply substances to baseballs to increase the spin rate. In 2018, Bauer was fined for throwing a baseball from the hill over the midfield fence before being removed from a match. In 2016, he was scratched from Game 2 of the U.S. League Championship series after cutting the tip of his finger while doing maintenance on his drone.
The Reds acquired Bauer by the July 2019 deadline in a deal with the Cleveland Indians. He made ten runs after the deal that year, 2-5 with a 6.39 era for the Reds.
In nine seasons since breaking into the Arizona Diamondbacks in the majors in 2012, Bauer is 75-64 with 1,279 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.90. His only All-Star pick was in 2018.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.