This Friday afternoon, Trevor Bauer announced that he had accepted a deal with the Dodgers. the Cy Young of the National last year has guaranteed at least two years with the “Blanquiazules” in exchange for US $ 85 million, plus an option in 2023 for another US $ 17 more. In total he would earn $ 102 for three years.
According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the Mets would have offered Bauer a contract for $ 105 million also for three years, however, the Californian the he declined and chose to accept the Dodgers offer probably due to the proximity between his hometown, North Hollywood, California, with Los Angeles, the driving distance is about 30 minutes.
The only difference between the two offers is that the Mets guaranteed him only 75 million greenbacks in his first two seasons before a contract release clause, which is 10 million less than what the Dodgers offered.
In this way, Trevor Bauer will join a rotation that will go from being very good, to a really fearsome and powerful, perhaps the strongest in the Major Leagues.