According to Jon Heyman’s MLB Network, the New York Mets has in fact explored its ways in relation to the free-handed agent Trevor Bauer.
This confirms previous reports of dialogue between the two parties after the Mets lost their primary target as a free agent, the central defender George Springer, which signed a contract with Toronto Blue Jays later this week for six years and $ 150 million.
By Heyman, “[the] Mets is interested in [Bauer], but probably in a shorter agreement ”, observing the Dodgers as another team that would be involved under these parameters.
Bauer reported interest in securing a long-term contract this winter after winning the National League Cy Young The award in a 2020 season shortened by COVID has been an important point of discussion around its market.
The UCLA product said earlier, on its YouTube channel, that he would be more inclined to sign one-year contracts for the rest of his career.
On January 5, Bauer’s agent, Rachel Luba, confirmed in Twitter that the right-handed person would be “considering a series of different types of contracts and structures”. Your client is reportedly looking for an average annual value (AAV) of more than $ 30 million in his new business.
Bauer, 30, has been accompanied by an alarming level of controversy, including several cases of online harassment, such as Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic detailed in his report on Friday night.
In 11 games last season, the first choice of the third overall draft (2011; Diamondbacks) reached 1.73 ERA (2.88 FIP), with 100 eliminations, 17 walks and 2.5 wins over substitution (FanGraphs), good for fourth place in baseball among qualified beginners.
Since the beginning of 2018, Bauer’s 11.6 fWAR ranks sixth among the same group (3.18 ERA, 11th). Zack Wheeler, which signed a five-year contract with Philadelphia in the last off-season for $ 118 million, has 10.9 fWAR in that period, good for ninth.
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