ROUGAROU - Trevor Bauer, SP

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ROUGAROU - Trevor Bauer, SP - $4m/2024

February 05, 2022, 06:42:21 AM

Please make your bids here

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Reply #1 – February 05, 2022, 07:59:31 AM

500k

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Reply #2 – February 05, 2022, 09:27:01 AM

$750k

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Reply #3 – February 05, 2022, 09:50:38 AM

Hold on guys - there is a rule debate going on right now regarding Bauer. I have locked his bidding until a decision is made

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Reply #4 – February 05, 2022, 11:25:26 AM

Final ruling:
Bauer is eligible for the auction (obviously since he had MLB playing time in 2021).

Bauer is not eligible for a salary offset in year 1 (obviously since all salary offsets have to be announced prior to free agency. Plus I don’t think he qualifies anyway, but the ruling regarding offset eligibility takes precedence).

Bauer will not be eligible for a potential salary offset in Years 2 or Year 3. This one is not as obvious so here’s the ruling - we decided that Bauer’s legal issues are essentially a pre-existing condition and as such will impact his current valuation in free agency. So any team that bids on Bauer already are aware of his legal situation and are factoring that into the bidding. Therefore, he will not be eligible for an offset going forward and this will be the standard used for any player who has a pending suspension, etc from the previous season AND happens to also be eligible for Mutiny free agency that same offseason. Long story short, if you choose to sign Bauer to a 2 or 3 year deal you do so at your own risk.

One point of clarification since it also came up. Paid Admin Leave in our eyes is the same as a suspension and would qualify for an offset. That clarification doesn’t apply to the Bauer situation, but we will update the rule book accordingly.

Re: Trevor Bauer, SP -

Reply #5 – February 05, 2022, 11:26:00 AM

Thread has been unlocked, you may bid on Bauer again if you choose.

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Reply #6 – February 05, 2022, 11:30:48 AM

Arizona Koi bid 1.5M

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Reply #7 – February 05, 2022, 02:39:58 PM

$1.75M

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Reply #8 – February 05, 2022, 02:52:19 PM

Koi bid 3m

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Reply #9 – February 05, 2022, 02:53:14 PM

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Reply #10 – February 07, 2022, 09:04:02 PM

closed to the Rougarou

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Reply #11 – February 08, 2022, 06:17:03 AM

3yr at 4M

Re: ROUGAROU - Trevor Bauer, SP - $4m/2024

Reply #12 – February 08, 2022, 05:42:27 PM

I'm disgusted at myself for saying this, but this could turn out to be the best signing in MSB history.

Re: ROUGAROU - Trevor Bauer, SP - $4m/2024

Reply #13 – February 08, 2022, 06:52:54 PM

I did a lot of thinking on this one and updated myself on the situation. He has never been arrested for any of this, much less convicted. I assume MLB will suspend him, but he also was on "leave" for like 1/2 a season this past year. Who knows,..

Re: ROUGAROU - Trevor Bauer, SP - $4m/2024

Reply #14 – February 08, 2022, 07:22:37 PM

Quote from: bcbarnes – on February 08, 2022, 06:52:54 PM

I did a lot of thinking on this one and updated myself on the situation. He has never been arrested for any of this, much less convicted. I assume MLB will suspend him, but he also was on "leave" for like 1/2 a season this past year. Who knows,..

Completely. Even without being convicted of anything, I can think he's a PoS (for more reasons than just the current allegations) while also acknowledging that you may have gotten a great deal. The two points are not mutually exclusive.