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.

Kyle Tucker has signed a four-year, $240 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a source familiar with the matter, boosting the team’s chances of winning a third straight World Series title.

This source spoke to the Associated Press on Thursday night on condition of anonymity, as the agreement has not yet been formalized by the organization.

With an average annual salary of 60 million, it would be the second most expensive contract in baseball history, behind Shohei Ohtani’s, which is equivalent to 70 million annually.

When healthy, Tucker is one of the most complete players in the majors. However, the outfielder has played in just 214 regular-season games over the past two years.

Last season with the Chicago Cubs, he posted a .266 batting average with 22 home runs and 73 RBIs. He was acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Houston Astros in December 2024 that sent young Cam Smith to the Astros.

Tucker suffered two injuries during his only season with the Cubs. He suffered a small fracture in his right hand during a freak slide against the Cincinnati Reds on Day 1^er June and also injured his left calf against the Atlanta Braves on September 2.

After a strong start with his new team, Tucker maintained just a .231 batting average with five home runs in 41 games after the All-Star break. He served as a designated hitter in the postseason, as the Cubs eliminated the San Diego Padres in the first round before losing to the Milwaukee Brewers in five games.

Tucker, who turns 29 on Saturday, turned down a qualified offer of $22 million in November. His new contract will therefore allow the Cubs to obtain a compensatory draft pick.

Tucker was selected fifth overall in the 2015 amateur draft by the Astros. He has played in the World Series three times with the Astros, winning the title in 2022.

He has hit at least 29 home runs and driven in at least 92 runs in three consecutive seasons from 2021 to 2023. He won a Gold Glove in 2022 and led the American League with 112 RBIs in 2023.

In his final season in Houston, he played only 78 games due to a fractured right tibia, but maintained a .289 batting average with 23 home runs and 49 RBIs.

A native of Tampa, Florida, Tucker has a .273 batting average with 147 home runs and 490 RBIs in 769 career games. He also has 119 stolen bases in 135 attempts.

(New York) Outfielder Max Kepler was suspended 80 games on Friday after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s anti-doping program.

Kepler tested positive for epirenbolone, a substance that led to the suspension of boxer Manuel Charr in 2018.

A veteran of 11 seasons of major league baseball, Kepler will turn 33 next month.

He spent last year with the Philadelphia Phillies after 10 seasons with the Minnesota Twins.

Kepler hit .216 in 127 games last year with 18 home runs and 52 RBIs.

He has 179 home runs and 560 RBIs in the big leagues, with a .235 batting average.

His best season was 2019: he hit 36 ​​home runs and 90 RBIs while batting .252.