By metstradamus | February 5, 2021 8:08 pm
With all the chatter that Trevor Bauer was going to be signed by the Mets, I had this whole thing swirling in my mind that I was going to write a post about once the deal went down. But once Bob Nightengale tweeted that Bauer had a deal with the Mets, I knew I wasn’t going to need to write it. So I’ll just go with a shortened version of it.
Bauer ended his free agent saga, which included videos on which fan bases pursued him the best, by signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for three seasons at over $100 million, news broken by the insider that Bauer recently called “kiddo“, despite being half kiddo’s age. It was a tour which engaged with at least half the fan bases in baseball via promoted posts on social media, which he’ll pay for with a mere fraction of the $40 million that he’ll make in year one from the richest team in baseball. If there are fans out there that are mad at the tease, well … the fact that he made everybody feel as if they had a chance only to sign with the richest team in baseball that resides in his home market is a pretty good reason for a fan to be frustrated.
I am not one of the angry ones. Look, Bauer had a tremendous season, and picked the right season to have a 1.73 ERA. But he had a 1.73 ERA in 11 games while pitching in the N.L. Central. (Remember that this season, Bauer will have to pitch in Coors Field, and he’ll have to pitch to the Padres.) He had one other season in his career that he has had an ERA under 4, let alone 3. Now, that in itself isn’t a valid reason to take a chance on him. But I don’t want the Mets to pay $40 million to find out.
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