Bichette to Mets on 3-year, $126 million deal (source)
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The smoke was seen a little later than envisioned. But there was still something for the Mets to celebrate Friday. The Mets have agreed to a three-year, $126 million deal with infielder Bo Bichette, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand. The club has not confirmed. MLB Network insider Jon Heyman

I really hope this is just the rumour mill. I was really hoping Bo would stay in Toronto. He wanted to, the Jays couldn’t make him a decent offer?

  • Kichae@wanderingadventure.party
    5·
    10 days ago

    Bo was looking for a long term contract, and long term contracts usually have lower AAV. We know that the Phillies offered $200M for 7 years, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the Jays offered similar. This is what Bo had told people he was looking for.

    He then turned around and signed a 3 year high AAV deal. He just decided to pivot and play a totally different game than the one he’d told everyone, without telling the other teams he’d engaged with. I don’t think we can blame anyone for not making better offers when he seems to have made a very sudden change in his decision making process.

    • streetfestival@lemmy.caMEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      Fair but I don’t think Bo’s that unique in that regard. I think it’s a fair rule of thumb that players usually go for long-term deals and then usually go for high AAV if/when they don’t get the long-term offer they’re looking for