Star infielder Bo Bichette is leaving the Toronto Blue Jays for the New York Mets after accepting a three-year, $126 million offer, the Associated Press has learned.
Bichette can cancel this contract after the first and second seasons. He will receive 47 million in the first campaign and 89 million after two seasons. The deal does not contain deferred values and Bichette has a full no-movement clause.
The deal comes less than 24 hours after outfielder Kyle Tucker accepted a four-year, $240 million offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rumors attributed intentions to the Jays in these matters.
Bichette became a free agent after having an outstanding 2025 season in which he led the team in hitting, although he missed the last few weeks with a knee injury.
The 27-year-old baseball player also missed the first two rounds of the playoffs before joining the World Series roster. He played well in this final, notably hitting a three-run home run in Game 7, which the Dodgers won 5–4 in 11 innings.
Bichette was one of the biggest names available on the free agent market this winter.
Selected second overall by the Jays in 2016, Bichette grew up in the Toronto team’s affiliate network with his good friend Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who signed a 14-year, $500 million pact with the team last spring.
Bichette debuted in the Majors in July 2019 and became, along with Guerrero, one of the faces of the franchise.
A two-time All-Star selection, Bichette led the Americans in hits in 2021 and 2022. He finished second last year with 181 and hit .311 despite his absence.
After an injury-plagued season in 2024, Bichette came back strong last year with 18 home runs and 94 RBIs in 139 games. In the playoffs, he maintained a .348 batting average with six RBIs in seven games.
For his career, he has offensive averages of .294/.337/.469 with 111 home runs, 437 RBIs and 438 runs scored. Long used at shortstop, he was moved for the second sack in the World Series while Andres Gimenez played shortstop.
