Trevor Bauer to Los Angeles Dodgers Fallout – How Could He Be Worth $ 40 Million in 2021? What should New York Mets do from here?

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

What would Bauer have to do on the hill in 2021 to be worth that kind of money? What should the Mets do now after missing winter’s best pitcher? Is Bauer even the most likely employee of the Dodgers to win a Cy Young next season? We asked ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield to answer those questions and more in the wake of Bauer’s record contract.