Trevor Bauer for Los Angeles Dodgers fallout – How can he be worth $ 40 million in 2021? What should the New York Mets do from here?

Trevor Bauer for Los Angeles Dodgers fallout – How can he be worth $ 40 million in 2021? What should the New York Mets do from here?

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  • Bradford Doolittle

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    ESPN Copywriter
    • Sports Reporter, Kansas City Star, 02/09/2002
    • Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus
    • Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus
    • Member, Baseball Writers Association of America
    • Member, Association of Professional Basketball Writers

  • David Schoenfield

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    ESPN Senior Writer
    • Covers MLB for ESPN.com
    • Former Deputy Editor of Page 2
    • I have worked at ESPN.com since 1995

After days of speculation that his decision as a free agent would fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers or the New York Mets, Trevor Bauer decided to join the current world champions on Friday afternoon. Bauer and the Dodgers have agreed to a $ 102 million three-year deal that has an opt-out after years 1 and 2, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, and will pay 2020 winner NL Cy Young an MLB record of $ 40 million in 2021.

What would Bauer have to do on the hill in 2021 to be worth so much money? What should Mets do after losing the best free-agent launcher of the winter? Is Bauer the most likely member of the Dodgers’ team to win a Cy Young next season? We asked ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield to ponder these issues and more in the aftermath of Bauer’s record contract.

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