Crystal Ball: Trevor Bauer, RHP, Cleveland Indians

By reader request, here is a Crystal Ball for Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer.

The Crystal Ball is NOT a PREDICTION in the sense of me saying "this is how the guy will turn out." The idea is to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.

It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.

What do you think of this one? Can you spot the free agent signings, the injuries, and the trades?

	Trevor Bauer
Year	Team	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	W	L	ERA	K	BB	SV	Age	K/9	BB/9	H/9
2012	Dbacks	4	4	16.333	14	13	11	1	2	6.06	17	13	0	21	9.37	7.16	7.71
2013	Indians	4	4	17	15	11	10	1	2	5.29	11	16	0	22	5.82	8.47	7.94
2014	Indians	26	26	153	151	76	71	5	8	4.18	143	60	0	23	8.41	3.53	8.88
2015	Indians	31	30	176	152	90	89	11	12	4.55	170	79	0	24	8.69	4.04	7.77
2016	Indians	35	28	190	179	96	90	12	8	4.26	168	70	0	25	7.96	3.32	8.48
2017	Indians	33	33	201	193	100	91	13	10	4.07	187	80	0	26	8.37	3.58	8.64
2018	Indians	27	27	162	163	98	89	8	11	4.94	147	65	0	27	8.17	3.61	9.06
2019	Indians	31	31	188	167	75	70	14	9	3.35	161	59	0	28	7.71	2.82	7.99
2020	Indians	16	16	97	87	49	47	5	7	4.36	76	33	0	29	7.05	3.06	8.07
2021	Dodgers	38	29	183	170	87	83	8	11	4.08	139	64	1	30	6.84	3.15	8.36
2022	Dodgers	33	33	211	198	79	76	16	10	3.24	152	67	0	31	6.48	2.86	8.45
2023	Dodgers	10	10	57	71	30	29	4	4	4.58	31	20	0	32	4.89	3.16	11.2
2024	Dodgers	27	27	159	160	69	65	9	8	3.68	101	46	0	33	5.72	2.6	9.06
2025	Pirates	30	30	181	175	72	65	13	9	3.23	108	57	0	34	5.37	2.83	8.7
2026	Pirates	8	4	29	40	27	27	0	2	8.38	14	16	0	35	4.34	4.97	12.4

		353	332	2020.3	1935	972	913	120	113	4.07	1625	745	1		7.24	3.32	8.62

Crystal Ball: Trevor Bauer, RHP, Cleveland Indians

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