US EditionBlue Jays Get Strong Cody Bellinger Take Amid Bo Bichette Exit
The Mets secured Bichette with a three-year, $126 million deal after losing out on Kyle Tucker, surpassing a prior Phillies agreement, sources said.
- On January 16, 2026, Bo Bichette agreed to a three-year, $126 million contract with the New York Mets, ESPN reporter Will Sammon first reported.
- After losing the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes, the Mets quickly pivoted to sign Bo Bichette, while the Philadelphia Phillies had reportedly agreed to a 7-year, $200 million agreement before the Mets intervened.
- The contract carries an average annual value of $42 million, includes contract opt-outs after the first and second seasons, and pays Bo Bichette more per year than Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays first baseman.
- After a tough 24 hours, Blue Jays fans expressed disappointment on social media as losing Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette raises questions about the team’s next moves behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- With Bichette opting for a short-term deal with opt-outs, Toronto Blue Jays face pressure after $337 million offseason spending, while columnists suggest pursuing Cody Bellinger as their next target.
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‘My heart is broken’: Blue Jays fans react as Bo Bichette reportedly signs with Mets
The former Blue Jays shortstop has reportedly signed a three-year contract worth $126 million, a higher average annual value than Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is earning.
Table of ContentsVladimir Guerrero Jr. reacted after Bo Bichette's contractBo Bichette moved out of town and position with New York Mets Bo Bichette starred in one of the most important movements in the current free agency after agreeing for three seasons and 126 million dollars with New York Mets, ending a seven-year career with Toronto Blue Jays, where he integrated one of the best duplas in the last decade of the Great Leagues together with V…
Mets Hover In Yankees’ Bellinger Endgame Despite Bichette Deal
NEW YORK — The Bo Bichette signing sent shockwaves through the baseball world. The Mets moved fast after losing Kyle Tucker to the Dodgers. They locked up the former Blue Jays star on a three-year, $126 million deal with opt-outs. Many Yankees fans exhaled. They assumed this meant the Mets were done hunting for position […] The post Mets land Bichette, yet plot open to snatch Bellinger from Yankees appeared first on Pinstripes Nation.
For years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette represented the hopes and competitive rebirth of the Toronto Blue Jays. Both came to the Major Leagues with the label of generational promises and soon fulfilled expectations, becoming the pillars of an organization that once again dreamed big in the 21st century. Guerrero Jr., with its enormous power and charisma, and Bichette, with their offensive consistency, intensity and silent leadership, we…
Blue Jays move on from Bo after 10 years in the organization
TORONTO -- For a decade, Bo Bichette represented the future in Toronto. Now, so suddenly, he’s a memory. Bichette has agreed to a three-year, $126 million deal with the Mets, another short-term, big-money deal that lands one day after Kyle Tucker signed a four-year, $240 million deal with the Dodgers.
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