The Los Angeles Dodgers and Trevor Bauer have reached a historic deal to bring the 2020 NL Cy Young award winner back to his home-turf, according to MLB Network insider Jon Heyman. The deal is for three years and $102 million, according to MLB.com Executive Reporter Mark Feinsand, with opt-outs after both 2021 and 2022. Bauer will be paid $40 million in 2021, then $45 million in 2022 should he...
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Updated 2/5/21, 11:55 a.m. Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News has now refuted the report of there being a noon deadline for Trevor Bauer to accept the Mets contract offer. Still, Thosar says we should know soon one way or the other on where Bauer will chose to sign. Original Post: According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Mets have set a hard deadline of 12:00 p.m. ET today for...
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The 2020 MLB regular season was the definition of a sprint. Sixty games played in a tight window, with seven-inning doubleheaders being used to make it all come together. But the typical 162-game schedule is a marathon in the purest sense of the word. It’s the most extreme grind, including a number of peaks and valleys for not only individual players, but also entire teams. A fast start...
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Entering the 2020 offseason, one of the biggest priorities the New York Mets needed to address was their vacancy at the catching position. The club was in clear need of upgrading defensively behind the plate, as Wilson Ramos recorded a combined DRS of -12 from 2019-20 (127th out of 134 catchers) while posting the second-worst FRM (FanGraphs’ framing metric) among 19 catchers who caught a...
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Good morning and happy Friday, Mets fans. Let the rumblings of a new era in Queens — with the possibly two Cy-Young winning starting pitchers — take us into the weekend! Latest Mets News The Mets have emerged as the favorite to land free-agent RHP Trevor Bauer, according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network. While no deal is imminent, Bauer has been heavily linked to New York and the...
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The New York Mets have emerged as the favorites to sign free-agent pitcher and reigning Cy Young award winner Trevor Bauer, a source told Metsmerized. While no deal is imminent at the moment, talks have been heating up between the two sides. And as Andy Martino of SNY reported on Thursday afternoon, the belief around the industry is that the Mets and Bauer are very serious. MLB Insider Jon...
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