MLB Rumors: Bo Bichette and the New York Mets are in agreement on a three year, $126 million deal, per multiple reports. The deal reportedly includes opt outs after each of the first two years.
Bichette,
who turns 28 in March, had spent his entire career with the Toronto Blue Jays, who selected him in the second round of the 2016 draft. The son of former major league Dante Bichette, he established himself as a regular in the 2021 season, when he made the All Star team, finished 12th in the MVP voting, and led the American League in hits while slashing .298/.343/.484.
A bat-first shortstop, Bichette has a career .294/.337/.469 slash line, and has had an OPS over 800 in every season other than his injury-shortened 2024 campaign, when he put up a 598 OPS in 81 games. His glove is a concern, however — he was in the bottom 1 percent in range in 2025, per Statcast — and it has been anticipated he would have to move off of the position in the relatively near future. With Francisco Lindor at shortstop and the newly acquired Marcus Semien at second base, Bichette, who has only played shortstop and DH in the majors, will presumably move out of the middle infield in 2026.
