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01/16 11:48 CST Bo Bichette and New York Mets have agreed to a $126 million,
3-year contract, AP source says
Bo Bichette and New York Mets have agreed to a $126 million, 3-year contract,
AP source says
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Bo Bichette and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $126
million, three-year contract, two people familiar with the negotiations told
The Associated Press.
The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was
subject to a successful physical.
The infielder Bichette can opt out after the first and second season. He would
receive $47 million for one year and $89 million for two years, one of the
people said.
The deal does not contain any deferred money and Bichette gets a full no-trade
provision.
A two-time All-Star shortstop, Bichette hit 18 home runs and 94 RBIs for the
Blue Jays in 2025. He homered off Shohei Ohtani in Game 7 of the World Series.
Bichette was injured last season in a Sept. 6 collision with Yankees catcher
Austin Wells. It kept him out of the lineup until the World Series. He returned
for Game 1 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and played
second base for the first time in six years.
Bichette finished second in the major leagues to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge
with a .311 batting average this season, hitting 18 homers with 94 RBIs in 139
games.
He's twice led the AL in hits.
Bichette turns 28 in March and had played his entire career with the Blue Jays
since they drafted him in the second round of the 2018 draft. The son of former
big leaguer Dante Bichette, Bo Bichette is a career .294 hitter with 111 home
runs and 437 RBIs in 748 career games.
Bichette was one of the last remaining big name free agents after Kyle Tucker
agreed to a $240 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum contributed to this report.
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