{"id":407324,"date":"2026-01-13T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407324\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:43:08","slug":"mets-offering-kyle-tucker-short-term-50m-per-season-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407324\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets offering Kyle Tucker short-term, $50M per season deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Mets<\/a> are reportedly offering highly sought-after free agent Kyle Tucker<\/a> a \u201cshort-term\u201d contract worth $50 million per season, according to Robert Murray of FanSided.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 28-year-old outfielder has been the top free agent on the board since the World Series ended in early November with the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> and Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, among others in addition to the Mets, showing significant interest in the All-Star slugger. <\/p>\n

Now it appears the Mets are making a late push to add to their already lofty payroll, featuring superstar outfielder Juan Soto<\/a>, who signed a 15-year, $765 million with the Mets last winter. <\/p>\n

Led by owner Steve Cohen, the Mets had the highest payroll during the 2025 season, spending over $323,000 on a team that fell well short of expectations with a 83-79 record, missing the playoffs. <\/p>\n

The Blue Jays, who\u2019ve had a very strong off-season after losing the World Series to the Dodgers in heartbreaking fashion, reportedly remain in the mix for Tucker. <\/p>\n

Tucker, a native of Tampa, was seen at the Blue Jays\u2019 spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla., in early December.<\/p>\n

Tucker is coming off a All-Star 2025 season with the Chicago Cubs<\/a> in which he hit .266 with 22 home runs and 73 RBIs over 136 games. He also produced a .377 on-base percentage and a .841 OPS alongside 25 stolen bases.<\/p>\n

Tucker missed time near the end of the season due to a left calf strain.<\/p>\n

The left-handed slugger spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Houston Astros<\/a> where he was named to three All-Star teams and was a significant contributor in their 2022 World Series championship.<\/p>\n

Tucker only appeared in 78 games during his last season with the Astros in 2024 before being traded to the Cubs in the off-season.<\/p>\n

In his lone season in Chicago, Tucker helped the Cubs win 92 games, but the team was eliminated in the National League Wild Card by the San Diego Padres<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tucker also won his second career Silver Slugger Award in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets are reportedly offering highly sought-after free agent Kyle Tucker a \u201cshort-term\u201d contract worth $50…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[712,49,48,101322,133867,82],"class_list":["post-407324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kyle-tucker-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-874240","tag-new-york-mets-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-245","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}