{"id":346699,"date":"2025-12-13T16:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/346699\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:46:09","slug":"jorge-polanco-agrees-to-two-year-40-million-deal-with-the-mets-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/346699\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Polanco agrees to two-year, $40 million deal with the Mets: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Jorge Polanco runs around the bases.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240856067-1024x683.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Jorge Polanco hit 26 home runs during the regular season and three in the playoffs for Seattle in 2025. Cole Burston \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In a move that helps address a huge hole at first base, the New York Mets and infielder Jorge Polanco agreed to a two-year deal on Saturday worth $40 million, league sources told The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>With the Mets, Polanco \u2013 pending a physical \u2013 will mostly play first base, potentially designated hitter and provide insurance around the rest of the infield because of his versatility, league sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Polanco, 32, played a vital role for the Seattle Mariners en route to the American League Championship Series. After being re-signed to a one-year deal for $7.75 million last February following an underwhelming 2024 campaign, Polanco responded with one of the best offensive seasons in his career. Polanco hit 26 homers with an .821 OPS, mostly as a designated hitter, with some occasional starts at second base.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Polanco helped the Mariners down the Detroit Tigers in the American League Division Series by homering twice off ace Tarik Skubal in a Game 2 victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been carrying this lineup this postseason,\u201d teammate Cal Raleigh said during a torrid stretch for Polanco.<\/p>\n<p>Polanco\u2019s bat cooled, though, as Seattle fell to the Toronto Blue Jays in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Polanco rose through the Minnesota Twins\u2019 farm system as a shortstop. He made his only All-Star appearance at the position in 2019. He moved to second base in 2021. In recent seasons, his skills in the field have dipped. At this stage in his career, most of his value comes from his bat. As a switch hitter, Polanco did well against right-handers and left-handers in 2025, though he performed better against lefties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jorge Polanco hit 26 home runs during the regular season and three in the playoffs for Seattle in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,1189,481,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-346699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-new-york-mets","10":"tag-seattle-mariners","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}