The benefits of the Mets signing Bo Bichette are two-fold.
Not only are they adding a two-time All-Star to their lineup, but the Amazin’s have seemingly stolen him right out of the hands of a bitter division rival.
This offseason, the Phillies were seen as one of the favorites – if not the favorite – to get Bichette in free agency.
Earlier this month, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported that it “feels like there is strong mutual interest” between the Phillies and Bichette as the two sides met to discuss a potential deal.
Recently, late Thursday evening, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports this that the “Phillies are the overwhelming favorites to sign Bichette,” adding that the “Yankees and Mets will now be in a bidding war for outfielder Cody Bellinger.”
Less than twelve hours later, the Mets proved otherwise, giving Bichette a three-year deal worth $126 million, with opt-outs after the first two years.
Philadelphia was reportedly blindsided by the shocking signing.

“The Phillies had agreed to Bo Bichette’s request for a seven-year, $200 million deal last night and thought they would sign him until the Mets swooped in with their three-year, $126 million offer after losing in the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes,” Nightengale wrote on X after news of the deal broke on Friday.
After missing out on Bichette, the Phillies quickly pivoted and re-signed catcher JT Realmuto to a three-year, $45 million contract.
The Bichette deal came after the Mets fell in on themselves and lost to the Dodgers on Kyle Tucker, who signed a four-year, $240 million pact on Thursday night.
The Mets offered a four-year deal worth $220 million, including no deferrals and worth $60 million for each of the first two seasons and $50 million for the final two on the table for Tucker, Heyman said.
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