Did Trevor Bauer troll Mets fans with his website before signing with Dodgers?

Hmm.

The answer to the headline above is … maybe?

In the hours leading up to the news breaking that ace starting pitcher Trevor Bauer — who won the National League Cy Young award last season with the Cincinnati Reds — was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, there were reports were it was down to a couple of teams: the Dodgers (which would bring him home to his native California) or the New York Mets.

And some Internet sleuths started seeing some strange stuff popping up on Bauer’s personal site — a signed Mets hat giveaway, a reference to New York, and a lot more. There was also a signed Dodgers hat … but Mets fans were buzzing about the possibility Bauer would join the franchise.

https://twitter.com/DeeshaThosar/status/1357749371660550145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1357749371660550145%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thescore.com%2Fmlb%2Fnews%2F2107520

Then, the site crashed … or was taken down:

If you want a summary of how it was for Mets fans and their players, these two tweets from reliever Trevor May and catcher Tomas Nido sum it up:

Well, now Bauer is a Dodger. So what did all that mean? Could he have been trolling, as he’s been known to do with tweets like this back in November?

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