"The Blue Jays, who have been the most active team in the majors this winter, are expected to offer a deal longer than the four years that Sammon speculates the Mets are willing to put forward. Such an offer from Stearns would be less than half of original, early-offseason prognostications, which tabbed Tucker who owns a career .865 OPS and 162-game averages of 31 home runs and 103 RBI as a candidate to receive a 10 or 11-year deal worth between $300 million and $400 million."
"That has been the Mets' president of baseball operations' M.O. this winter, though, which is a stark contrast to the 15-year mega-deal he agreed to acquire Juan Soto a year ago. He offered star closer Edwin Diaz a three-year deal, which fell just $3 million short of what the Los Angeles Dodgers ultimately signed him for. He was also hesitant over the last two winters to give Pete Alonso the long-term deal that would have made him a Mets lifer. Instead, he did not even extend an offer to the slugging first baseman when he learned that the Baltimore Orioles had put forth a five-year deal, which Alonso agreed to for $155 million."
The New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Toronto Blue Jays are among teams pursuing left-handed outfielder Kyle Tucker with spring training about five weeks away. The Blue Jays are expected to offer a longer-term deal than the four years the Mets appear willing to propose. Tucker has a career .865 OPS and 162-game averages of 31 home runs and 103 RBI; early projections forecasted a 10- or 11-year contract worth $300–$400 million. Mets president David Stearns has favored shorter-term contracts this winter, in contrast to the 15-year deal for Juan Soto, and the Mets still lack most of their outfield starters, with Soto the only certainty.
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