Trevor Bauer Wins the 2020 National League Cy Young Award

The beginning pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds, Trevor Bauer, received the 2020 National League Cy Young Award as a result of his phenomenal work throughout the COVID – 19 shortened 2020 MLB season. This is the first time ever in the lengthy and illustrious historical past of the Cincinnati Reds that one in every of their beginning pitchers has received the coveted Cy Young Award.

The Cincinnati Reds have by no means beforehand had a Cy Young winner, making them one in every of solely 4 energetic Major League Baseball organizations with out that honor, and shockingly the solely MLB ball membership based previous to 1961 with out a Cy Young winner.

National League Cy Young Award Voting

“Votes had seven points for first place, four points for second place, three points for third place, two votes for fourth place and one point for fifth place.” Votes are acquired from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Although I don’t fairly qualify for that record of voters momentarily, I plan on getting there in my previous age.

Cy Young Worth Numbers

Over the course of the very a lot totally different, lowered, and extremely analyzed 2020 Major League Baseball season Bauer received 5 video games whereas shedding 4. He led the National League in ERA with a mark of 1.73 (ERA) over his 11 large league begins, and the artful manipulative proper hander helped lead his Cincinnati Reds to the MLB postseason for the first time since 2013. The 29 yr previous Bauer recorded 100 strikeouts in solely 73 highly effective innings.

Trevor led the main leagues with two shutouts. They got here on a pair of seven inning performances that fell on doubleheader days. That is uncommon lately with managers rapidly accessing arms out of their bullpens early on in video games particularly with the shortened season and expanded rosters.

Trevor Bauer’s Major League Baseball Future     

The unorthodox and outspoken Bauer is now at the moment a free agent following the conclusion of the 2020 MLB season. Trevor rejected the Cincinnati Reds’ preliminary qualifying supply, however he has publicly acknowledged he’s open to returning to the Cincinnati Reds if the ball membership presents him the contract that he feels he’s price particularly after securing the National League Cy Young Award this previous baseball season.

If I used to be in Bauer’s scenario, I’d play the MLB free company market with the intention to lock into an awesome excessive paying long run contract as his inventory will most definitely by no means be increased than it’s proper now. Although the Cincinnati Reds appear to be constructing as much as change into a good younger main league ball membership, the Reds are very distant from turning into a World Series contender. I’d take the further cash {that a} large market franchise can supply him, and one that’s on the lookout for beginning pitching to place them into the thick of issues come the 2021 MLB postseason.

Media Statements 

“I haven’t thought about free agency very much yet, to be honest,” replied the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer, who is understood for some irregular in addition to progressive coaching strategies and rituals which have helped flip him into one in every of baseball’s finest beginning pitchers. “I have had a lot of stuff that I’ve been doing trying to get my offseason underway, trying to get better at baseball.” 

“The biggest deal this year is I was just healthy,” says Bauer. “I was able to go out there and compete, be on a routine.”