Bauers to Red Sox 4/58M

[owbc]

Reported by Passan

[homer]

Good for him and his family.

[torts]

Good for Jake, thank you for the incredible season and at bats, glad you got your money!  Have fun with Caleb!

[pitchleague]

eh, it was inevitable.  We got a career year out of the guy.  He'll be an all-time Milwaukee folk hero.  And I've got no bad words to say about the guy.

Best of luck to him and his family.

 

[markedman5]

Congrats to Jake…….didn’t think anyone would go 4 years.

 

[Lucas O.]

Best of luck Jake Bauers. Well deserved pay day for him. Brewers do get a Comp A pick out of this because he signed for over $50M

[owbc]

Yep, I was hoping he would take the QO but not going to fault a 1B in his 30s for taking a guaranteed 58M and getting it on a contending team. I'm glad we didn't match especially with Contreras extension rumors floating around. 

[rccola42]

Wish nothing but the best for him. I know people talk about Durbin this way, but I honestly don't really care about Durbin in a positive or negative way. Bauers is quite a bit different just based on how long he was here and impact.

1st round comp pick will do nicely for us.

[long ball]

I was hopeful he’d take the qualifying offer, but was skeptical that he would. 
 

im happy that he was able to parlay his excellent 2026 into a multi year contract. A contract if that length just wouldn’t have made sense for the Brewers even if the contract itself seems reasonable. 
 

im also glad its with Boston. I certainly don’t like them, but I hate them less than some other teams. 

[bjkrautk]

Boston heard Pat Murphy talking about Jake going to the Yankees, and had to make sure that didn't happen.

[Bulldogboy]

Good for him. Very interested to see what ends up being the solve at first base. I wish Fischer but guessing not. Burke would be fun platoon with Vaughn.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

Love the guy. Glad the Brewers didn't give him this deal because of sentiment. It's a lot of years for a guy who has done it for one (glorious, magical) season. 

[DR28]

Thanks for the great year Rake!

Now it's time to see what Vaughn can do for a full year.