If there was a team that during this dead season “stole the show,” there is no doubt that these were the San Diego couple, The organization swept the winter market after having multiple exchanges with other franchises. His best acquisitions can be summed up in the three opening pitchers he incorporated into his powerful rotation: Blake Snell, Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove.
While Parents increasingly wore a powerful roster ahead of the 2021 campaign, the Dodgers were just looking at their neighbor’s “wink” and it wasn’t until last Feb. 5 that they responded loudly after confirming the free agency “bomb” signature: Trevor Bauer.
As expected, during Bauer’s introduction to the media at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers Chief Operating Officer Andrew Freeman was asked if the signing of current National Cy Young had been to counterattack. to some Parents who had already set up a “blunderbuss”; this was the response of the executive:
“I definitely noticed what they did (Parents), but we didn’t sign it (Bauer) just because of their movements.”
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Friedman answered the “awkward” question from the press that covered the Dodgers’ welcome to Trevor Bauer, who signed a three-year, $ 102 million contract and at least in 2021 and 2022 he will become the highest paid player in history with an annual salary of 40 and 45 million respectively.
It should be remembered that one of the clauses added to the contract is that Bauer could choose to decline his deal with Los Angeles each time the first two seasons end.