Trevor Bauer 'more than open' to signing with Mets after 2021 offseason fiasco

Trevor Bauer joins "America's Newsroom" to share his story for the first time after being accused of sexual assault two years ago.

Trevor Bauer was very close to joining the New York Mets three years ago.

Right before inking a three-year deal worth north of $100 million, the Mets, fresh off Steve Cohen's acquisition, had long been near the top of the 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner's list.

Bauer even posted a YouTube video in that offseason, discussing what intrigued him about the Mets.

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Trevor Bauer was very close to joining the New York Mets three years ago. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

"I was happy to come play for the Mets last time I was a free agent. Obviously, I was very close to having made that decision," Bauer told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview this week.

Then something bizarre occurred.

Bauer's own website accidentally advertised signed Mets hats by Bauer, prompting fans to think he was signing with New York, yet he had already agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The fiasco had him considering dropping out of his Dodgers agreement entirely and playing for the Mets, simply to appease the fan base in blue and orange.

"I won't go more into depth on that one," he told Fox News Digital.

But now, after his 324-game suspension for violating MLB's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy for sexual misconduct allegations (which was reduced to 194) and spending one year playing in Japan, Bauer is again a free agent, and it sounds like the Mets could be near the top of his desired destinations again.

If "Uncle Stevie" came calling this time around, Bauer says he'd be "happy" to play in Queens.

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