Trevor Bauer to the Dodgers for WAY too much money.

[Spanky99]

lol... first comment, this guy is weird.

[Stangstag]

This guy sucks

 

Such an attention whore

[jerb]

[itaos]

So once you reach 10 yrs a fixed amount. No difference in the amount if you have 15 yrs vs 10 or 12 vs 10 ect?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Seems that way, after 10 years the annual payment depends on when they decide to start receiving it up to $210k

[jerb]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Bauer to Dodgers

[TwistedLogic]

This whole thing proves how much of a douchebag Bauer really is. Feel so bad for the Mets fans that he f***ed around with all offseason, especially with all the fake teases today.

[LGBJ29]

This honestly hit the nail on the head

 

[Eat My Shatkins]

OK, now hurry the f*** up and sign Paxton Jays.

[glory]

I can appreciate Bauer trying to market himself and improve his “brand”, but yeah, he doesn’t have the star power for this approach to work as he expects it to. He also could have waited a week and not done this on Super Bowl weekend.

[Orgfiller]

This whole thing proves how much of a douchebag Bauer really is. Feel so bad for the Mets fans that he f***ed around with all offseason, especially with all the fake teases today.

 

Tbh I don't feel bad at all for Mets fans. Good for them to have a rich owner that isn't the Wilpons I guess but they were on their "Uncle Steve" ******** all offseason so it's fun to see them get clowned on all the big FAs.

[saskjayfan]

Tbh I don't feel bad at all for Mets fans. Good for them to have a rich owner that isn't the Wilpons I guess but they were on their "Uncle Steve" ******** all offseason so it's fun to see them get clowned on all the big FAs.

 

Sign Paxton trade for Price...let's roll.

[glory]

Buehler, Bauer, Kershaw, Urias, May, Gonsolin, Price....damn.

[BTS]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Bauer to Dodgers

 

lmao

 

Let’s not lose sight of the fact this is another hilarious L for Nightengale.

[Brownie19]

I have no problem with what Bauer is doing. He's one of the most interesting people in baseball and drawing attention to himself promotes baseball. People always bitch that MLB doesn't market the game well and because of that, it's fallen behind football and basketball. Then when someone is out there drawing attention to baseball - we act like it's 1984 and want him to be quiet.

 

This guy has studied the art of pitching and has been one of the pioneers of change in the ability to get every ouch of production from the talent you have. He was ahead of the game when he first broke in and Arizona traded him because they were way behind his own knowledge and didn't like it.

Edited February 5, 2021 by Brownie19

[RobinThicc]

Love that Heyman was the one to break it lol

[Brownie19]

Could the Jays get Price and a prospect from LA in exchange for taking his contract (so LA can stay under the luxury cap)? Not many teams are looking to add payroll....

[jerb]

 

Mark Feinsand

@Feinsand

 

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.

[TwistedLogic]

That contract is tailor-made for a second year opt-out. He's definitely taking that unless his production falls off a cliff.

[Orgfiller]

You really gotta commend the job done by Rachel Luba. Her (and her team) and Bauer killed this free agency process.

[Laika]

2/$85 is bonkers. He'll be the most hated athlete in sports if he sucks.

[Spanky99]

This whole thing proves how much of a douchebag Bauer really is. Feel so bad for the Mets fans that he f***ed around with all offseason, especially with all the fake teases today.

 

That s*** today was lame, what a douchecanoe, man!

[glory]

Wow. Great job by Luba/Bauer. 2/85 is game changing numbers.

[dineke]

Mets fans can go f*** themselves lol.

[King]

Holy s***!

[BTS]

You really gotta commend the job done by Rachel Luba. Her (and her team) and Bauer killed this free agency process.

 

She got him exactly what he wanted: he's the highest paid player ever in the short-term, and still has a 102M guarantee in case things wrong.

 

Hard to see him opting out after year 1.

[King]

Wonder how the zoom call with Pistol Pete Walker went!

[glory]

I also have no issues with what Bauer did this winter. I've mentioned before, check out his stuff on YouTube plus the Momentum channel. Lots of informative stuff and he is giving other MLB players the platform they otherwise would not have. He's helping the sport. I also like that he didn't go the LeBron route (as Heyman thought he would) and just did a simple video because he's not on that level of celebrity. Overall he did a pretty good job. It will be interesting to see if other FA's in the future follow this format. I can understand why people find it annoying though. This is the social media age. It's only going to get more social media driven as the Gen Z's start to get older.

[King]

Luba is getting absolutely trashed in her replies. I don't get it.

[jerb]

 

Kyle Glaser

@KyleAGlaser

 

Trevor Bauer's reported salary in 2021 ($40 million, per @Feinsand) is larger than the current 2021 payrolls of the Indians, Pirates and Orioles, according to Spotrac.

 

(h/t @jnorris427).

[King]

Bauers team putting Mets merchandise on his website for 5 minutes an hour before this an announcement and then announcing he's signing with the Dodgers is a f***ing epic troll job, though.