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The real reason why Trevor Bauer nearly signs with the New York Mets

Trevor Bauer was just a couple of minutes away from joining the New York Mets before agreeing to join the Los Angeles Dodgers. Check out why he changed his mind at the last second.

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By ernesto cova

Trevor Bauer. (Getty)
Trevor Bauer. (Getty)

For months, people speculated about Trevor Bauer’s next step. The reigning NL Cy Young award winner was coming off the best year of his career and entered the offseason as the best pitcher in the market.

Baur was tied to multiple teams along the way. From the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Angels, to the two teams that eventually had the biggest shot at getting him: Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.

As you may know by now, Bauer decided to come back home and move to the West Coast by signing with the reigning champions but, according to his agent Rachel Luba, he was literally minutes away from moving to Queens.

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Trevor Bauer Nearly Signs With The Mets After Merch Fiasco

The thing is that, shortly after Bauer announced his decision, his website crashed after someone mistakenly sent out a promo of a signed New York Mets had. Needless to say, that made Mets fans think that he was signing with the team.

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That was never supposed to happen and Bauer felt pressured to sign with them so he wouldn’t let their fans off. In fact, he told his agent to call the Dodgers and tell them that he was signing with the Mets:

“It’s f–king over, I’m done.Call the Dodgers, it’s done. It’s gonna be the other team. I can’t do that to a fan base. The decision’s been made,” Dodger told Luba, as she recently saidon the Barstool “Starting 9” podcast.

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Luba eventually convinced Bauer to go out for a walk and think things through. Bauer came to his senses and decided to take thatthree-year, $102 million deal with the Dodgers rather than the three-year, $105 million contract the Mets offered him.

Needless to say, Mets fans may not want to hear anything about Bauer or his merch fiasco, and chances are that they hate Rachel Luba’s guts right now. But hey, you guys were pretty close to getting him.

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