Trevor Bauer Rumors: Details Of Pitcher’s Dodgers Contract

The wait seems to have been worth it for Trevor Bauer, who just landed a pretty sizeable contract.

The reigning National League Cy Young winner reportedly is heading to the Los Angeles Dodgers after after a lengthy spell in free agency.

And according to multiple reports, his deal with L.A. is massive.

Trevor Bauer gets $102M for 3 years from Dodgers, per source. He has opt outs after each of the first two years; $40M in 2021, $45M in 2022. He'll be the highest-paid player in MLB history in '21, then again in '22. Good job by @AgentRachelLuba & Jon Fetterolf of @zssports_law.

— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) February 5, 2021

The New York Mets offered a higher overall value than the Dodgers, but those numbers in the first two years of Trevor Bauer's deal are massive and would make him the highest-paid player in baseball in each of those seasons. Chances of him staying for a third year are minimal.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 5, 2021

Bauer is from Southern California, so the Dodgers always represented a good fit for the 30-year-old. He’ll now join one of the most talented teams in a long time, where he’ll occupy a rotation with Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw, Dustin May, David Price, Julio Urias and Tony Gonsolin.

Not bad!

Bauer fits somewhere in the middle to back end of that rotation, even with the price tag. Though he’s coming off a monster 2020 season in which he posted a 1.73 ERA with the Cincinnati Reds, he still is a career 3.90 ERA pitcher.

That said, having Bauer as the No. 3 or even No. 4 starter is not a bad situation at all.

The New York Mets were said to have made a strong push for Bauer, even reportedly offering more money, but the allure of returning home and joining the defending World Series champs seems to have been too good for him to pass down.