Can Bo Bichette be a key contributor for the Mets in the future?
On Baseball Night in NY, Jon Hein, Chelsea Janes, Maggie Gray and John Jastremski discuss Bo Bichette's future with the New York Mets.
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You know, I asked people about this around the trade deadline, and their option was we, you know, their answer was, "We don't know."
Like, it's too early to tell.
And I think it's getting pretty late.
I think his numbers are not good enough to bet on in free agency, even in a very weak free agent class where the star is Jazz Chisholm, so that tells you something.
But I, I just, it's really gonna be hard for him to get $42, million in the average annual value with, I think what I looked up, was the 130th best in, WRC+ and 130th best-ish OPS among qualified hitters.
Like, that's- Is that bad?
It's not good.
Okay.
And he's been better, and he's gonna be better, but I just don't, I don't see why you'd give up on a, a value like that going into labor uncertainty when it's not your best year or anything close to it.
I just, it's hard to see.
I think Bo Bichette can get back to a point where he was at with the Toronto Blue Jays, but do you wanna go and take that in the free agency?
Like, if we're being real about this, he's gonna get, what, 25, $27 million a year?
Not 42.
I'm opting out.
I understand.
So Maggie, the question is, what can he take from this season if he decides to stay with the Mets?
Well, I mean, he should be more familiar with literally everything.
A new franchise, a new league, playing a new position.
I mean, listen, I'm ready to pile on Bo Bichette as much as anyone because he has been so inconsistent.
But at the same time, the guy has gone through more changes from moving from Toronto to the Mets than a normal player does.
I mean, they were asking a lot of him.
Everything went wrong this season.
And to be honest, like, his third base hasn't been that bad, so I would expect consistency in year two.
