Not even 24 hours after losing out on the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes, the Mets pivoted and signed, perhaps, the best hitter still on the market, inking Bo Bichettte to a three-year, $126 million contract.
The contract has no deferrals and features opt-outs after the first two seasons. Bichette, son of former MLB All-Star Dante Bichette is entering his age 28 season and is a career .294/.337/.483 hitter, playing primarily shortstop in his big league career thus far.
It is the positional question that is most interesting in this signing, as the Mets’ middle infield is fairly set, with Francisco Lindor locked in at shortstop, the recently acquired, reigning Gold Glove winner Marcus Semien at second base, and Brett Baty seemingly finally getting a shot to play everyday at third. Whether Bichette plans to play third or first or if one of the already entrenched players is potentially going to move positions or perhaps be traded all remains to be seen.
Bichette has battled injuries over the past two seasons, missing half of 2024 with a right calf strain and a fractured middle finger and missing the last month of the 2025 regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs with a left knee injury. This big money, short term deal with opt-outs allows him to rebuild his value, prove his health and test free agency again.
