"This season is about making sure history
remembers us as we wish to be remembered. This season is about
adding to our legacy. And I can't wait, Dodgers fans," Bauer
said at the end of the video.
Multiple media reports stated the deal is for three years and
$102 million with opt-outs at the end of each of the first two
seasons. Bauer would earn $40 million in 2021 and $45 million in
2022. The 30-year-old's 2021 salary would make him the
highest-paid player in MLB history.
In the 2020 season, which was shortened to 60 games by the
COVID-19 pandemic, Bauer was 5-4 with a 1.73 ERA, 100 strikeouts
and 17 walks in 73 innings pitched over 11 appearances (all
starts). He became the first Reds pitcher to win the Cy Young
and the eighth pitcher to become a free agent immediately after
winning the award.
In nine seasons with the Reds, Cleveland Indians and Arizona
Diamondbacks, Bauer has amassed a 75-64 record with a career
3.90 ERA. He has 1,279 strikeouts and 454 walks in 1,190 innings
pitched. He was an All-Star and finished sixth in the Cy Young
voting when he went 12-6 with a 2.21 ERA for Cleveland in 2018.
Bauer will be one of three Cy Young winners in the Dodgers'
rotation -- joining Clayton Kershaw (National League 2011, 2013,
2014) and David Price (American League 2012). Price opted out
last season, when the Dodgers went 43-17 in the regular season
and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in six games in the World
Series.
(Field Level Media)
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