Let's talk about Trevor Bauer

[Willets Point]

The Team. The Time. And Not the Worst People In Baseball.

[Willets Point]

Catch the Rising Not Worst People in Baseball.

[MFS62]

They're multi-tasking. It was just announced that they won their arbitration case against JD Davis.

Later

[A Boy Named Seo]

=metsmarathon post_id=55483 time=1612546147 user_id=83]
man, i'm conflicted about the dude. i mean on a personal level. i think so much of him is just a social awkwardness and forced contrarianism that comes across as a massive asshole. and maybe he really is a narcissistic asshole, who isn't nearly aware enough of other people.



i don't know that he's necessarily clubhouse poison, unless a team demands he fit into a mold he clearly doesn't fit.



and i surely don't think he rises to the level of terribleness that mickey and porter have reached.



he also doesn't like calloway, or especially gerrit cole, so there's that.



it could all fall apart, and he could be an intolerable asshole, i suppose. but there are certainly worse people in baseball available, which is faint praise to be sure.

[metsmarathon]

there's so much insecurity, and coping, and overcompensating. he could really benefit from a non-dudebro mentor, though i don't know where those exist in the sports world.



i just browsed through an SI puff piece on the dude, and, like, i can feel for how he got where he is, and how he is the way he is. he'd always been told how not to do things, and pushed through and did it his own way. so there's certainly some built-in resistance to doing the pr thing, or the social interaction thing, "the right way". it's what gives me hope that he's not necessarily a bad dude, just a different dude gone astray.

[Edgy MD]

Willets Point wrote: Catch the Rising Not Worst People in Baseball.

Bring Your Not-Worst People in the Family to See Our Not-Worst People in the League!

[A Boy Named Seo]

Trev's social media intern may have jumped the gun on some shit

[MFS62]

=metsmarathon post_id=55490 time=1612547471 user_id=83]
i just browsed through an SI puff piece on the dude, and, like, i can feel for how he got where he is, and how he is the way he is. he'd always been told how not to do things, and pushed through and did it his own way.

[bmfc1]

Let's not talk about him again until the Mets play the Dodgers.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Bauer to the Dodgers, per Heyman.



lololol

[batmagadanleadoff]

I had a feeling that the Mets weren't going to sign Bauer as soon as I read that they gave him an ultimatum.

[seawolf17]

I care about this literally zero percent. Didn't care before he signed, don't care now. We'll see him in the NLCS, I suppose?

[RealityChuck]

Probably best he signed elsewhere. Now they can talk about extending Conforto and Syndergaard.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Yeah I think it's interesting to see the Mets had limits they absolutely wouldn't cross on Realmuto, Springer and Bauer. All very good players, but arguably not top-20, in the heart-of-their-prime players. I think maybe that's good?

[Willets Point]

I'm fine with him not being a Met, but mad that he's a Dodger. I really don't need that team to become a dynasty.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Do the Mets still need a good-ass starting pitcher? I think they do.



Also I think they'll soon make some other announcement.

[seawolf17]

=RealityChuck post_id=55514 time=1612555594 user_id=82]
Probably best he signed elsewhere. Now they can talk about extending Conforto and Syndergaard.

[stevejrogers]

=RealityChuck post_id=55514 time=1612555594 user_id=82]
Probably best he signed elsewhere. Now they can talk about extending Conforto and Syndergaard.

[kcmets]

=bmfc1 post_id=55508 time=1612554834 user_id=73]Let's not talk about him again until the Mets play the Dodgers.

[MFS62]

I hope he regresses to norm, a 3.90 career ERA.



Later

[metsmarathon]

well. fuck him, then.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=seawolf17 post_id=55518 time=1612555970 user_id=91]
=RealityChuck post_id=55514 time=1612555594 user_id=82]
Probably best he signed elsewhere. Now they can talk about extending Conforto and Syndergaard.

[Edgy MD]

Wait... the Dodgers got Conforto and Syndergaard too?!

[Fman99]

He's the Cy Young winner -- you know, from a 60 game season. So, $40 million for two good months? Dodgers can have him. Justin Turner can give him a fat Covid kiss when he gets there.

[LWFS]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Yeah I think it's interesting to see the Mets had limits they absolutely wouldn't cross on Realmuto, Springer and Bauer. All very good players, but arguably not top-20, in the heart-of-their-prime players. I think maybe that's good?

It's VERY frontloaded, so he gets his highest-AAV white whale in both 2021 (40M) and 2022 (45). Unless he's injured or arrested/convicted of something in 2022, he's not staying the third year.



So... he's essentially getting paid like he's already Greg Maddux/Randy Johnson, only he gets to opt out after Year 1 if he actually lives up to said contract. ALL the risk is on the Dodger side, and it's fully priced in. I like his chances of being a good pitcher from this point on, but... Christ, that seems like a shitty deal.



If Odorizzi can give you 75 percent of Bauer's value over the next two years-- a VERY good bet-- at, like, 1/3 the price... that's a MUCH better buy. (Provided you use the savings and don't Wilpon 'em or give 'em to a VC buddy.)

[LWFS]

Not incidentally... it felt REALLY good to unfollow him on Twitter just now.

[TransMonk]

100% OK with him going to LA.

[Centerfield]

Let's go get Hendricks and Bryant.

[smg58]

=MFS62 post_id=55524 time=1612556851 user_id=60]
I hope he regresses to norm, a 3.90 career ERA.



Later

[smg58]

=RealityChuck post_id=55514 time=1612555594 user_id=82]
Probably best he signed elsewhere. Now they can talk about extending Conforto and Syndergaard.