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 as full time 1B.

[wildcat83]

Happy for Jake and his family, and very thankful for everything he gave us this year en route to the title.  In the same breath, I'm glad the Brewers did not sign him to that contract.

[Team Canada]

6 minutes ago, bjkrautk said:

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

Has been covered a bunch of times, but he was talking about his previous stint with the Yankees.

[wallus]

Thanks for making sure it was over 50 million Jake 😉

[Brewcrew82]

Good for him. He won't have to worry about health insurance ever again. Look forward to seeing him at the championship reunions. 

And another draft pick for the Brewers!

[long ball]

One additional comment, it makes sense for him to lock up this contract early in the offseason. Feel good about declining the QO and not needing to play musical chairs after the lock out. 

[patrickgpe]

Its not a terrible contract, but I'm glad the Brewers weren't the one giving it to him. Totally well deserved and a guy that will be well welcomed when he returns to AmFam. 

[kestrel79]

Excited to see the Red Sox field their half Brewers starting lineup of Bauers, Siegler, Mona, and Caleb. Good for him and we get a pick.

[Outlander]

Glad the Red Sox are coming later in the season so get to see him come back to Milwaukee next September. 

[patrickgpe]

3 minutes ago, wallus said:

Thanks for making sure it was over 50 million Jake 😉

good point, I forgot about that. Pick will be before Comp A and not after Comp B. 

[wildcat83]

I wasn't expecting anything to get done with FA signings until after the lockout, but actually the more I looked into it, they are expecting a lot of guys to sign quickly before Dec 1st.  The last time MLB was heading for a lockout, there was a flurry of signings before the deadline.  

[Outlander]

Wonder what the Red Sox plans are for Bauers with Contreras still there and having a fine 2026 season.

[tmwiese55]

3 minutes ago, Outlander said:

Wonder what the Red Sox plans are for Bauers with Contreras still there and having a fine 2026 season.

Yea seems one of the younger OFs that have been rumored to be on the blocks for years there will get traded now.